The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
(Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things). 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- 3 who taught by the pen, 4 taught Man that he knew not. 5 Nay, surely man transgresses; 6 In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient. 7 truly, all will return to your Lord. 8 Have you seen him who restrains 9 a servant of Ours from prayer? 10 Have you thought, if he had been on guidance 11 Or enjoins Righteousness? 12 Have you seen if he denies and turns away - 13 Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]? 14 By no means! If he desist not We shall seize and deal him by the forelock 15 A lying, sinful forelock! 16 Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades): 17 We shall call the guards of Hell. 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)