The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- 1 Created man from an embryo; 2 Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, 3 who, by the pen, taught the human being: 4 Taught man what he knew not. 5 No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 6 Because he considers himself self-sufficient. 7 Surely to your Lord is your return. 8 Have you seen the one who prohibits 9 a servant [of God] from praying? 10 Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah) 11 or orders piety? 12 What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!? 13 Does he not know that Allah does see? 14 Indeed, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock, 15 By the lying, the sinful forelock. 16 So let him call on his concourse! 17 We will call the guards of Hell (to deal with him)! 18 No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. ۩ 19
Almighty God's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)