Text of verse 96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ٩
Transliteration
ara-ayta alladhī yanhā
Translation
Have you seen the one who forbids
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-’Alaq, Verse 9
سورة العلق، الآية ٩
Verse 9 of Surah Al-’Alaq (96:9), 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 9
Al-Mukhtasar
Have you seen anything more shocking than the matter of Abu Jahl, who prevented.
Other translations of verse 9
Have you seen the one who prevents2
Notes
[2] i.e., Abu Jahl was a pagan leader of the Makkah who was an arch-enemy of Islam.
Have you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) seen him (i.e. Abû Jahl) who prevents
Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth
Seest thou one who forbids-
Have you seen him who forbids
Have you seen him who forbids.
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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 -…