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Qur’an 96:5 Al-'Alaq, verse 5

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Taught man that which he knew not.

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

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

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
عَلَّمَʿallamaTaughtع ل م
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānamanأ ن س
مَاmāwhat
لَمْlamnot
يَعْلَمْyaʿlamhe knewع 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 96:5 in Al-'Alaq.

  • 96:3ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُRecite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
  • 96:4ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِWho taught by the pen -
  • 96:6كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓNo! [But] indeed, man transgresses
  • 96:7أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓBecause he sees himself self-sufficient.

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