The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 He taught the human being what he did not know. 5 Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds, 6 because he thinks that he is independent. 7 However, (all things) will return to your Lord. 8 HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent 9 a worshiper when he prays. 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 Or enjoineth piety? 12 Tell me if he (the disbeliever, Abu Jahl) denies (the truth, i.e. this Quran), 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 his lying, sinful forelock. 16 Then, let him call upon his council (of helpers), 17 [the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement! 18 Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]! ۩ 19
Allah the Almighty always says the truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)