Al-'Alaq
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ
(96:1) Recite1 in the name of your Lord2 Who created,3
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
(96:2) created man from a clot of congealed blood.4
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
(96:3) Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
(96:4) Who taught by the pen,5
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ
(96:5) taught man what he did not know.6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
(96:6) Nay,7 surely man transgresses;
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
(96:7) for he believes himself to be self-sufficient.8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
(96:8) Surely to your Lord is your return.9