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اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَۚ  ( العلق: ١ )

iq'ra
ٱقْرَأْ
Read
bi-is'mi
بِٱسْمِ
in (the) name
rabbika
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
the One Who
khalaqa
خَلَقَ
created -

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

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خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ  ( العلق: ٢ )

khalaqa
خَلَقَ
He created
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
min
مِنْ
from
ʿalaqin
عَلَقٍ
a clinging substance

Created man from a clinging substance.

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اِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُۙ  ( العلق: ٣ )

iq'ra
ٱقْرَأْ
Read
warabbuka
وَرَبُّكَ
and your Lord
l-akramu
ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
(is) the Most Generous

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous .

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الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ  ( العلق: ٤ )

alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
ʿallama
عَلَّمَ
taught
bil-qalami
بِٱلْقَلَمِ
by the pen

Who taught by the pen

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عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْۗ  ( العلق: ٥ )

ʿallama
عَلَّمَ
Taught
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
مَا
what
lam
لَمْ
not
yaʿlam
يَعْلَمْ
he knew

Taught man that which he knew not.

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كَلَّآ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغٰىٓ ۙ  ( العلق: ٦ )

kallā
كَلَّآ
Nay!
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
layaṭghā
لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
surely transgresses

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

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اَنْ رَّاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰىۗ  ( العلق: ٧ )

an
أَن
Because
raāhu
رَّءَاهُ
he sees himself
is'taghnā
ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
self-sufficient

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

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اِنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعٰىۗ  ( العلق: ٨ )

inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
ilā
إِلَىٰ
to
rabbika
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
l-ruj'ʿā
ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
(is) the return

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

Tafsir

اَرَاَيْتَ الَّذِيْ يَنْهٰىۙ  ( العلق: ٩ )

ara-ayta
أَرَءَيْتَ
Have you seen
alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
the one who
yanhā
يَنْهَىٰ
forbids

Have you seen the one who forbids

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عَبْدًا اِذَا صَلّٰىۗ  ( العلق: ١٠ )

ʿabdan
عَبْدًا
A slave
idhā
إِذَا
when
ṣallā
صَلَّىٰٓ
he prays?

A servant when he prays?

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Quran Info (About) :
Al-'Alaq
القرآن الكريم:العلق
Ayah Sajadat (سجدة):19
Surah Name (latin):Al-'Alaq
Chapter:96
Surah Alias:Ikra
Surah Title:The Clot
Number of verses:19
Total Words:92
Total Characters:280
Number of Rukūʿs:1
Classification
(Revelation Location):
Meccan
Revelation Order:1
Starting from verse:6106