The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Read with the name of your Lord Who created, 1 created man from a clot [of blood]. 2 Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One, 3 Who taught by the pen, 4 taught Man that he knew not. 5 Yes indeed, man is surely rebellious. 6 For he thinks he is sufficient in himself. 7 Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning. 8 What do you think? Have you seen he who forbids 9 a servant (of Allah) when he prays? 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it? 13 Does he not realize that God sees him? 14 Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead 15 his lying sinful forelock. 16 So let him call on his concourse! 17 We will call the guards of hell. 18 No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. ۩ 19
Allah Almighty has spoken the truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)