The Clot, Read — Thomas Cleary Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Clot

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Recite, in the name of your Lord, who created:

Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

who created humankind from a clot of blood.

Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaqin

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Recite, for your Lord is most generous,

Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramu

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

who taught by the pen,

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

taught humankind what it did not know.

AAallama al-insana ma lam yaAAlam

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

Oh, no! Humankind does indeed go too far

Kalla inna al-insana layatgha

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

in regarding itself as self-sufficient:

An raahu istaghna

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

in fact the return is to your Lord.

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

Do you see the one who forbids

Araayta allathee yanha

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

the servant from prayer?

AAabdan itha salla

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

Do you see if he is on guidance,

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

or directs others to be conscientious?

Aw amara bialttaqwa

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Do you see if he repudiates truth and turns away?

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does he not know God sees?

Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

Oh, no! If he does not desist,. We will drag him by the forelock,

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

a lying sinning forelock.

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin</b

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

Let him call upon his associates then:

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We will call the keepers of hell.

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

Oh, no! Do not obey him: bow down and draw closer to God.

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

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