96. Sura al-Alaq with Urdu Translation

Sura 96. al-Alaq (the Hanging mass):

In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Ever-Merciful.

1. (O Beloved!) Read (commencing) with the Name of Allah, Who has created (everything).

2. He created man from a hanging mass (clinging) like a leech (in the mother’s womb).

3. Read and your Lord is Most Generous,

4. Who taught man (reading and writing) by the pen,

5. Who (besides that) taught man (all that) which he did not know.

6. (But) the fact is that (the disobedient) man rebels,

7. For the reason that (apparently) he finds himself self-sufficient (in the world).

8. Surely (every man) has to return to your Lord.

9. Have you seen him who prevents,

10. The servant (of Allah) when he prays?

Or: The (beloved and the exalted) servant of Allah (Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him)) when he offers Prayers.

11. Well, imagine! If he had been rightly guided;

12. Or if he had commanded (the people) to be pious (how beneficial it would have been)!

13. But see now, when he has rejected (the true Din (Religion)) and has turned away (from you, what torment is he going to face?)

14. Does he not know that Allah monitors (minutely all his conduct)?

15. Beware! If he does not desist (from the denigration of the Holy Prophet and antagonism against the true Din (Religion)), We shall certainly grab his forehead and drag him by the forelock,

16. His lying (and) sinful forehead!

17. Then let him call his companions (for help).

18. We too shall soon call (Our) guards (the angels appointed to inflict the punishment of Hell).

19. No indeed! Do not pay any heed to his doings and, (O Esteemed Beloved,) persist in prostration and keep drawing near (Us more and more).