The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Recite in the name of your Lord who created - 1 Createth man from a clot. 2 Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous, 3 who taught by the pen, 4 taught man what he did not know. 5 Nay, but verily man is rebellious 6 Because he sees himself self-sufficient. 7 Lo! unto thy Lord is the return. 8 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth 9 A votary when he turns to his devotions? 10 Have you seen if he was upon guidance 11 Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)? 12 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward? 13 Does he not know that God observes all things? 14 By no means! If he desist not We shall seize and deal him by the forelock 15 By the lying, the sinful forelock. 16 Then, let him call his assembly, 17 We also shall call the infernal guards. 18 No, indeed; do not obey him! Prostrate and come nearer (to Allah). ۩ 19
True are the words of God the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)