Text of verse 96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ٦
Transliteration
kallā inna l-insāna layaṭghā
Translation
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-’Alaq, Verse 6
سورة العلق، الآية ٦
Verse 6 of Surah Al-’Alaq (96:6), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 597 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 6
Al-Mukhtasar
Truly, indeed, the transgressing human i.e. Abu Jahl, has crossed the limit in overstepping the limits of Allah.
Other translations of verse 6
Indeed, man transgresses
Nay! Verily, man does transgress (in disbelief and evil deed).
Nay, but verily man is rebellious
Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,
Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
Not at all! Surely man does indeed (grow) inordinate.
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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 -…
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Fatir 35:28
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ
And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.