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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerses 9–12
4 versesAl-'Alaq 12
اَوْ اَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوٰىۜ ١٢
Mushaf
Transliteration
12Ev emera bittaḳvâ.
English Translation
12Or if he commands people to guard themselves against defying Allah?
Explanatory translation
12Or if he calls people to taqwa (God-consciousness), to honesty, and to the morality of the Quran, and encourages them to guard themselves against sin, against evil, and against disobeying Allah, how will the one who obstructs him answer for this in the Hereafter? What is wrong with this? If a person who enters his Lord’s path guards himself against every kind of evil and commands people to guard themselves as well, would this not be good for people? Yet that person was calling people to the absolute truth, that is, to liberation from servitude to fellow human beings.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik. The explanatory translation was compiled by combining various translations.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.