Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran - Surah Al-'Alaq, ayah 13

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١
By the fig and the olive ˹of Jerusalem˺, 95:1
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢
and Mount Sinai, 95:2
وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣
and this secure city ˹of Mecca˺!1 95:3
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ ٤
Indeed, We created humans in the best form. 95:4
ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥
But We will reduce them to the lowest of the low ˹in Hell˺, 95:5
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦
except those who believe and do good—they will have a never-ending reward. 95:6
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧
Now, what makes you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment? 95:7
أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨
Is Allah not the most just of all judges? 95:8
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created— 96:1
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢
created humans from a clinging clot.1 96:2
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, 96:3
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤
Who taught by the pen— 96:4
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥
taught humanity what they knew not.1  96:5
كـَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ٦
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds 96:6
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ٧
once they think they are self-sufficient. 96:7
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ٨
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺. 96:8
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ٩
Have you seen the man who prevents 96:9
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?1 96:10
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ١١
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided, 96:11
أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ١٢
or encourages righteousness? 96:12
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away? 96:13
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺? 96:14
كـَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock— 96:15
نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ١٦
a lying, sinful forelock.1 96:16
فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧
So let him call his associates. 96:17
سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨
We will call the wardens of Hell. 96:18
كـَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ ١٩
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺. 96:19