| Surah Al-Alaq | |||
| In the Name of Allāh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created ( all that exists ), | ||
| 2 | Has created man from a clot ( a piece of thick coagulated blood ). | ||
| 3 | Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, | ||
| 4 | Who has taught ( the writing ) by the pen [ the first person to write was Prophet Idrees ( Enoch ) ], | ||
| 5 | Has taught man that which he knew not. | ||
| 6 | Nay! Verily, man does transgress all bounds ( in disbelief and evil deed, etc. ). | ||
| 7 | Because he considers himself self-sufficient. | ||
| 8 | Surely! Unto your Lord is the return. | ||
| 9 | Have you ( O Muhammad ) seen him ( i. e. Abū Jahl ) who prevents, | ||
| 10 | A slave ( Muhammad ) when he prays? | ||
| 11 | Tell me, if he ( Muhammad ) is on the guidance ( of Allāh )? | ||
| 12 | Or enjoins piety? | ||
| 13 | Tell me if he ( the disbeliever, Abū Jahl ) denies ( the truth, i. e. this Qur'ān ), and turns away? | ||
| 14 | Knows he not that Allāh does see ( what he does )? | ||
| 15 | Nay! If he ( Abū Jahl ) ceases not, We will catch him by the forelock, | ||
| 16 | A lying, sinful forelock! | ||
| 17 | Then, let him call upon his council ( of helpers ), | ||
| 18 | We will call the guards of Hell ( to deal with him )! | ||
| 19 | Nay! ( O Muhammad )! Do not obey him ( Abū Jahl ). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allāh! | ||