The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Recite in the name of your Lord who created - 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who hath taught mankind by the pen 4 Taught man what he knew not. 5 Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds, 6 In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient. 7 Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all). 8 What do you think? Have you seen he who forbids 9 a servant of Ours from prayer? 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 or is concerned with God-consciousness? 12 Have you seen if he denies and turns away - 13 does he not know that Allah sees? 14 Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock - 15 his lying, sinful forelock. 16 So let him summon his helpmates; 17 We shall call the guards of Hell. 18 Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah). ۩ 19
True are the words of Allah the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)