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Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Alaq Verse 4

Al-'Alaq [96]: 4 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ (العلق : ٩٦)

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

Transliteration:

Al lazee 'allama bil qalam (QS. al-ʿAlaq̈:4)

English / Sahih Translation:

Who taught by the pen (QS. Al-'Alaq, ayah 4)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

who imparted knowledge by means of the pen.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Who taught by the pen—

Ruwwad Translation Center

Who taught by the pen,

A. J. Arberry

who taught by the Pen,

Abdul Haleem

who taught by [means of] the pen,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Who hath taught mankind by the pen -

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-

Abul Ala Maududi

Who taught by the pen,

Ahmed Ali

Who taught by the pen,

Ahmed Raza Khan

The One Who taught to write with the pen.

Ali Quli Qarai

who taught by the pen,

Ali Ünal

Who has taught (human) by the pen –

Amatul Rahman Omar

Who taught knowledge by means of the pen,

English Literal

Who taught/instructed by the pen/writing utensil.

Faridul Haque

The One Who taught to write with the pen.

Hamid S. Aziz

Who teaches by the pen!

Hilali & Khan

Who has taught (the writing) by the pen [the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch)].

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Taught man what he knew not.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Who taught (to write) with the pen

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Who teacheth by the pen,

Muhammad Sarwar

who, by the pen, taught the human being:

Qaribullah & Darwish

who taught by the pen,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Who has taught by the pen.

Wahiduddin Khan

who taught by the pen,

Talal Itani

He who taught by the pen.

Tafsir jalalayn

Who taught, [the art of] script, by the pen -- the first to write with it was [the prophet] Enoch (Idrs), peace be upon him --

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

عَلَّمَ الاِْنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ