The Clot, Read — Al Muntakhab Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Clot

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

" Read " That is to say

Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

He created man from a clinging organism – See introductio

Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaqin

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Read : and realize that Allah, your Creator is most generous

Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramu

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

He taught by the pen, (the main instrument of learning and knowledge, the instrument of authorship)

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

He taught man what he did not know

AAallama al-insana ma lam yaAAlam

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

But no, man always goes beyond the limits prescribed

Kalla inna al-insana layatgha

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

He believes he is independent and not contingent or conditioned by anything else

An raahu istaghna

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

But then it is to Allah, your Creator, shall the return be in the end

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

What do you think of the one who forbids

Araayta allathee yanha

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

A votary, against praying and against religious observances

AAabdan itha salla

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

Is he -the infidel- O Muhammad acting on guidance steered by divine inspiration

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

Or he enjoins righteousness and piety

Aw amara bialttaqwa

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Do you see that he denies the truth and rejects the path of righteousness

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does he not know that Allah the Omnipresent sees him and every act whether in the very doing or on the point of being done

Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

But no, if he does not desist We will grasp him and drag him by the forelock overhanging his forehead on a Day of unbroken gloom

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

A forehead that is false, pretending to be a forehead of divinity

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin</b

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

And then let him call his associates

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We will call the punitive angels

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

But no, do not yield to him, and bow to the ground to Allah in adoration and get closer to Him by supplication

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

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