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iqraʾ bi-smi rabbika lladhī khalaqa
Read in the Name of your Lord who created;
— Ali Quli Qarai
96Al-ʿAlaqالعلقVerse 1 of 19
The Clot96. Al-ʿAlaqالعلق
96Al-ʿAlaqالعلقVerse 1 of 19
The Clot
Read in the Name of your Lord who created;
— Ali Quli Qarai
created man from a clinging mass.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Read, and your Lord is the most generous,
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who taught by the pen,
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taught man what he did not know.
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Indeed man becomes rebellious
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when he considers himself without need.
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Indeed to your Lord is the return.
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Tell me, he who forbids
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a servant when he prays,
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tell me, should he be on [true] guidance,
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or bid [others] to Godwariness,
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tell me, should he call him a liar and turn away
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—does he not know that Allah sees [him]?
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No indeed! If he does not cease, We shall seize him by the forelock,
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a lying, sinful forelock!
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Then let him call out his gang!
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We [too] shall call the keepers of hell.
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No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah]!
— Ali Quli Qarai