The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 who taught by the pen, 4 Taught man what he did not know. 5 No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning. 8 Have you seen him who restrains 9 A bondman of Ours when he prayeth 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 What do you think? Have you seen if he belies and turns away, 13 Did he not know that God sees? 14 Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock -- 15 A forelock that lies, is sinful. 16 Then let him call his associates; 17 We too would summon the braves of the army. 18 Nay! (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))! Do not obey him (Abu Jahl). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah! ۩ 19
God 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)