The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
READ IN THE name of your Lord who created, 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Recite thou: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 taught man what he did not know! 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 Because he considers himself self-sufficient. 7 truly, all will return to your Lord. 8 What thinkest thou? He who forbids 9 a worshiper when he prays. 10 Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way, 11 Or enjoins Righteousness? 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Does he not know that Allah sees? 14 And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag him by the forelock, 15 A forelock, lying, sinning. 16 So, let him call upon his way! 17 We too shall summon the guards of Hell. 18 No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. ۩ 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)