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Qur’an 96:2 Al-'Alaq, verse 2

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Created man from a clinging substance.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-'Alaq (96)
Verse
2 of 19
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
597

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
خَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdخ ل ق
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānamanأ ن س
مِنْminfrom
عَلَقٍʿalaqina clinging substanceع ل ق

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 96:2 in Al-'Alaq.

  • 96:1ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَRecite in the name of your Lord who created -
  • 96:3ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُRecite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
  • 96:4ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِWho taught by the pen -

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