The Clot, Read — Ahmed Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Clot

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

READ IN THE name of your Lord who created

Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Created man from an embryo

Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaqin

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Read, for your Lord is most beneficent

Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramu

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

Who taught by the pen

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Taught man what he did not know

AAallama al-insana ma lam yaAAlam

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

And yet, but yet man is rebellious

Kalla inna al-insana layatgha

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

For he thinks he is sufficient in himself

An raahu istaghna

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

Surely your returning is to your Lord

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

Have you seen him who restrain

Araayta allathee yanha

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

A votary when he turns to his devotions

AAabdan itha salla

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

Have you thought, if he had been on guidanc

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)

Aw amara bialttaqwa

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Have you thought that if he denies and turns away

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does he not know that God sees

Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag him by the forelock

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

By the lying, the sinful forelock

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin</b

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

So let him call his associates

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We shall call the guards of Hell

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (to your Lord)

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

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