26 Nov, 2023
Quran 96:1~8
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Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created— created humans from a clinging clot. Read ! And your Lord is the Most Generous, Who taught by the pen— taught humanity what they knew not. Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds once they think they are self-sufficient. ˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺. Quran 96:1~8 [Surah al-’Alaq (The Clot)]
The Surah takes its name after the second Ayat,
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
“Created man from a clinging substance.” [96:2].
There are 19 Ayat in this Surah.
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ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمۡ یَعۡلَمۡ كَلَّاۤ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَیَطۡغَىٰۤ أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰۤ إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰۤ
The first five Ayat are among the first that were revealed to the Prophet (saw), aged forty, in the cave of Hira, Makkah.
Then the rest of the Surah was revealed when the message was presented to the people of Makkah and they began threatening the Prophet.
The Surah speaks about the humble beginning of human beings, but the high position that they can receive if they follow the message of Allah.
پڑھو (اے نبیؐ) اپنے رب کے نام کے ساتھ جس نے پیدا کیا جمے ہوئے خون کے ایک لوتھڑے سے انسان کی تخلیق کی پڑھو، اور تمہارا رب بڑا کریم ہے جس نے قلم کے ذریعہ سے علم سکھایا انسان کو وہ علم دیا جسے وہ نہ جانتا تھا ہرگز نہیں، انسان سرکشی کرتا ہے اِس بنا پر کہ وہ اپنے آپ کو بے نیاز دیکھتا ہے پلٹنا یقیناً تیرے رب ہی کی طرف ہے
Chapter 96 of the Qur’an is traditionally believed to have been Muhammad’s first revelation.

While on retreat in the Cave of Hira, located at Mountain Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, Angel Gabriel appears before The Islamic Prophet and commands him to “Read!”.
He responded, “But I cannot read!”.
Then the angel Gabriel embraced him tightly and then revealed to him the first lines,
“Read: In the name of your Lord Who created, (1) Created man from a clot. (2) Read: And your Lord is the Most Generous, (3) Who taught by the pen, (4) Taught man that which he knew not.”
(Bukhari 4953).

It is traditionally understood the first five ayat or verses (1–5) of Surah Alaq were revealed;
however, this is not the first fully complete Surah to be revealed and was actually revealed in 3 parts.