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Qur’an 96:4 Al-'Alaq, verse 4

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

Who taught by the pen -

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

Surah: Al-'Alaq (96)
Verse: 4 of 19
Revealed: Makki
Juz: 30
Mushaf page: 597

Word by word

Arabic	Transliteration	Meaning	Root
ٱلَّذِى	alladhī	The One Who
عَلَّمَ	ʿallama	taught	ع ل م
بِٱلْقَلَمِ	bil-qalami	by the pen	ق ل م

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 96:4 in Al-'Alaq.

96:2خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍCreated man from a clinging substance.
96:3ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُRecite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
96:5عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْTaught man that which he knew not.
96:6كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓNo! [But] indeed, man transgresses

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