About Surah Al-Alaq
Surah Al-'Alaq calls the reader to sincere faith, moral responsibility, and steady obedience to Allah.
Main Theme: Surah Al-'Alaq focuses on Surah Al-'Alaq calls the reader to sincere faith, moral responsibility, and steady obedience to Allah.
Revelation Context: Revealed in Makkah. Traditionally listed as revelation number 1. Contains 19 verses. This Surah has two parts: the first part consists of 1-5 , and the second of 6-19 .
Benefits & Significance
In a reader's life, Surah Al-'Alaq is important because it builds consistent worship and remembrance and sincere repentance and hope in mercy, then turns both into everyday choices grounded in worship, character, and responsibility.
- Improves the quality of prayer and remembrance by linking recitation with conscious reflection. Surah Al-'Alaq repeatedly reinforces this lesson.
- Balances fear of wrongdoing with hope in divine mercy, preventing despair. This is a recurring practical lesson in Surah Al-'Alaq.
- Develops inner honesty, making faith more genuine and stable over time. Regular reflection on Surah Al-'Alaq helps apply this in daily life.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ 1
Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ 2
Created man from a clinging substance.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ 3
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ 4
Who taught by the pen -
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ 5
Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ 6
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ 7
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ 8
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ 9
Have you seen the one who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ 10
A servant when he prays?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ 11
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ 12
Or enjoins righteousness?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ 13
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ 14
Does he not know that Allah sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ 15
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ 16
A lying, sinning forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ 17
Then let him call his associates;
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ 18
We will call the angels of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ 19
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].