ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ١
iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa
1. Recite in the name of your Lord who created –
Iqra: the first revealed verses transliteration
أول ما نزل من القرآن: اقرأ باسم ربك
Iqra: the first revealed verses (Surah Al-’Alaq (96), verses 1 to 5) in transliteration: the 5 verses in Arabic, in Latin letters and in English. Play the recitation to follow the pronunciation word by word.
Iqra: the first revealed verses: translation and explanation The whole of Surah Al-’Alaq in transliteration
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢
khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaqin
2. Created man from a clinging substance.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣
iq'ra warabbuka l-akramu
3. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ٤
alladhī ʿallama bil-qalami
4. Who taught by the pen –
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥
ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam
5. Taught man that which he knew not.
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