The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
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 hath taught mankind by the pen 4 taught the human what he did not know. 5 No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent, 6 Because he sees himself free from want. 7 for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return. 8 Have you seen one who prevents 9 a servant of Ours from prayer? 10 Bethinkest thou, if he is himself guided, 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 What do you think? Have you seen if he belies and turns away, 13 Does he not know that God sees? 14 No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock - 15 his lying sinful forelock. 16 So let him now call his gang! 17 We too shall summon the guards of Hell. 18 Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]! ۩ 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)