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Use the font buttons at the top of the page to enlarge the text step by step; the size stays saved in your browser. The full Uthmani text is shown, and you can switch to the simplified script from the display settings. It falls in juz 30, on mushaf pages 597 to 597.

Al-'Alaq (The Clot)

Q: Is Surah Al-'Alaq Meccan or Medinan?

It is Meccan, revealed before the migration to Medina, and it is number 1 in the order of revelation.

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Surah number · 96 · with 19 ayahs · Meccan

Surah Al-'Alaq in full: Uthmani script with tashkil - Hafs from Asim.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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1. Recite in the name of your Lord who created - 2. Created man from a clinging substance. 3. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous - 4. Who taught by the pen - 5. Taught man that which he knew not. 6. No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 7. Because he sees himself self-sufficient. 8. Indeed, to your Lord is the return. 9. Have you seen the one who forbids 10. A servant when he prays? 11. Have you seen if he is upon guidance 12. Or enjoins righteousness? 13. Have you seen if he denies and turns away - 14. Does he not know that Allah sees? 15. No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock - 16. A lying, sinning forelock. 17. Then let him call his associates; 18. We will call the angels of Hell. 19. No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].

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Reading Surah Al-'Alaq online: place, order and how to read it

Surah Al-'Alaq (The Clot) is chapter 96 of the Quran and has 19 verses, making it a short surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 1 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 30. It occupies one page of the mushaf, from page 597 to page 597.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah At-Tin and followed by Surah Al-Qadr. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. The surah contains one prostration verse at verse 19, marked inline for the reader.

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Al-'Alaq (The Clot)

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