Text of verse 96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ١٢
Transliteration
aw amara bil-taqwā
Translation
Or enjoins righteousness?
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-’Alaq, Verse 12
سورة العلق، الآية ١٢
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Tafsir of verse 12
Al-Mukhtasar
Or that he instructs the people to be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His commands and refrain from the things he has not allowed; can such a person be prevented?
Other translations of verse 12
and enjoins righteousness?
Or enjoins piety!
Or enjoineth piety?
Or enjoins Righteousness?
Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
Or he commands (people) to piety?
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Hadiths that cite this verse
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Sahih Muslim 2797
If he had come near me, the angels would have torn him to pieces
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abu Jahl asked (the people of Makkah): "Does Muhammad place his face on the ground in your presence?" It was said to him: 'Yes.' He said: "By Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza! If I were to see him do that, I would trample his neck, or I would smear his…
هَلْ يُعَفِّرُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ قَالَ فَقِيلَ نَعَمْ . فَقَالَ وَاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لأَطَأَنَّ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ أَوْ لأُعَفِّرَنَّ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ -…