The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Read in the name of your Lord Who created. 1 Created man from a clot. 2 Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 taught the human what he did not know. 5 Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning. 8 Bethinkest thou him who forbiddeth, 9 A votary when he turns to his devotions? 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)? 12 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward? 13 Does he not know that Allah does see? 14 Yes certainly, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock. 15 By the lying, the sinful forelock. 16 So let him call on his concourse! 17 We also shall call the infernal guards. 18 No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God. ۩ 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)