Surah 96 · verse 12
Al-'Alaq 96:12
Sign in to listenأَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
aw amara bi-t-taqwa
Or enjoins righteousness?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 9Verse 12 Verse 13
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who forbids
Verse 10عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
A servant when he prays?
Verse 11أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
Or enjoins righteousness?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
Verse 14أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Verse 15كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
