Meccan · 19 verses العلق

Al-'Alaq 96

The Clinging Clot · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens with the command 'Read in the name of your Lord who created,' and describes God as the One who created man from a clinging clot, the Most Generous who taught by the pen and taught man what he did not know. The tone then shifts: man transgresses because he sees himself as self-sufficient, yet the return is to the Lord. The second half asks about a person who forbids a servant from praying. Does he not know that God sees? If he does not stop, he will be dragged by his lying, sinful forelock; let him call his council, and God will call the guards of Hell. The final verse instructs the listener not to obey such a person, but to prostrate and draw near to God.

• The command to read
• Teaching by the pen
• Human arrogance
• Hindering prayer
• Prostration and nearness

The name It is named after 'the clinging clot' (al-'Alaq) in verse 2, from which man is said to be created.

Start with 96:1 · 96:5 · 96:19

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   اقْرَأْ이끄^r라으 بِاسْمِ비스미 رَبِّكَ^r랍비칼 الَّذِي라^ð디 خَلَقَ칼락

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2. 2

   خَلَقَ칼라깔 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 مِنْ민 عَلَقٍ알락

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3. 3

   اقْرَأْ이끄^r라으 وَرَبُّكَ와^r랍부칼 الْأَكْرَمُ아크^r람

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4. 4

   الَّذِي알라^ð디 عَلَّمَ알라마 بِالْقَلَمِ빌깔람

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5. 5

   عَلَّمَ알라말 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 مَا마 لَمْ람 يَعْلَمْ야을람

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6. 6

   كَلَّا칼라 إِنَّ인날 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 لَيَطْغَىٰ라야뜨가

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7. 7

   أَنْ안 رَآهُ^r라아후 اسْتَغْنَىٰ스타그나

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8. 8

   إِنَّ인나 إِلَىٰ일라 رَبِّكَ^r랍비카 الرُّجْعَىٰ르^r루즈아

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9. 9

   أَرَأَيْتَ아^r라아이탈 الَّذِي라^ð디 يَنْهَىٰ얀하

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10. 10

    عَبْدًا압단 إِذَا이^ð다 صَلَّىٰ살라

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11. 11

    أَرَأَيْتَ아^r라아이타 إِنْ인 كَانَ카나 عَلَى알랄 الْهُدَىٰ후다

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12. 12

    أَوْ아우 أَمَرَ아마^r라 بِالتَّقْوَىٰ빗타끄와

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13. 13

    أَرَأَيْتَ아^r라아이타 إِنْ인 كَذَّبَ캇^ð다바 وَتَوَلَّىٰ와타왈라

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14. 14

    أَلَمْ알람 يَعْلَمْ야을람 بِأَنَّ비안날 اللَّهَ라하 يَرَىٰ야^r라

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15. 15

    كَلَّا칼라 لَئِنْ라일 لَمْ람 يَنْتَهِ얀타히 لَنَسْفَعًا라나스^f파암 بِالنَّاصِيَةِ빈나시야흐

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16. 16

    نَاصِيَةٍ나시야틴 كَاذِبَةٍ카^ð디바틴 خَاطِئَةٍ카띠아흐

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17. 17

    فَلْيَدْعُ^f팔야드우 نَادِيَهُ나디야흐

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18. 18

    سَنَدْعُ사나드웃 الزَّبَانِيَةَ자바니야흐

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19. 19

    كَلَّا칼라 لَا라 تُطِعْهُ투띠으후 وَاسْجُدْ와스주드 وَاقْتَرِبْ와끄타^r립 ۩

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