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Surah Al-'Alaq - Word by Word

(The Clot)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَۚ 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 (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 1)
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2

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ ٢

khalaqa
خَلَقَ
He created
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
min
مِنْ
from
ʿalaqin
عَلَقٍ
a clinging substance
Created man from a clinging substance. (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 2)
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3

اِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُۙ 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 . (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 3)
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4

الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ ٤

alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
ʿallama
عَلَّمَ
taught
bil-qalami
بِٱلْقَلَمِ
by the pen
Who taught by the pen (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 4)
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5

عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْۗ ٥

ʿallama
عَلَّمَ
Taught
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
مَا
what
lam
لَمْ
not
yaʿlam
يَعْلَمْ
he knew
Taught man that which he knew not. (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 5)
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6

كَلَّآ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغٰىٓ ۙ ٦

kallā
كَلَّآ
Nay!
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
layaṭghā
لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
surely transgresses
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 6)
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7

اَنْ رَّاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰىۗ ٧

an
أَن
Because
raāhu
رَّءَاهُ
he sees himself
is'taghnā
ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
self-sufficient
Because he sees himself self-sufficient. (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 7)
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8

اِنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعٰىۗ 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. (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 8)
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9

اَرَاَيْتَ الَّذِيْ يَنْهٰىۙ ٩

ara-ayta
أَرَءَيْتَ
Have you seen
alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
the one who
yanhā
يَنْهَىٰ
forbids
Have you seen the one who forbids (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 9)
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10

عَبْدًا اِذَا صَلّٰىۗ ١٠

ʿabdan
عَبْدًا
A slave
idhā
إِذَا
when
ṣallā
صَلَّىٰٓ
he prays?
A servant when he prays? (QS. [96] Al-'Alaq: 10)
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