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bismillah

ٱقْرَأْ
Read
بِٱسْمِ
in (the) name
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
ٱلَّذِى
the One Who
خَلَقَ
created -

Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

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خَلَقَ
He created
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
مِنْ
from
عَلَقٍ
a clinging substance

Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq

Created man from a clinging substance.

Tafsir

ٱقْرَأْ
Read
وَرَبُّكَ
and your Lord
ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
(is) the Most Generous

Iqra wa rab bukal akram

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous .

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ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
عَلَّمَ
taught
بِٱلْقَلَمِ
by the pen

Al lazee 'allama bil qalam

Who taught by the pen

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عَلَّمَ
Taught
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
مَا
what
لَمْ
not
يَعْلَمْ
he knew

'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam

Taught man that which he knew not.

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كَلَّآ
Nay!
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
surely transgresses

Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

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أَن
Because
رَّءَاهُ
he sees himself
ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
self-sufficient

Ar-ra aahus taghnaa

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

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إِنَّ
Indeed
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
(is) the return

Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

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أَرَءَيْتَ
Have you seen
ٱلَّذِى
the one who
يَنْهَىٰ
forbids

Ara-aital lazee yanhaa

Have you seen the one who forbids

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عَبْدًا
A slave
إِذَا
when
صَلَّىٰٓ
he prays?

'Abdan iza sallaa

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