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 created the human from a (blood) clot. 2 Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, 3 who, by the pen, taught the human being: 4 The One Who taught man all what he did not know. 5 Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel 6 Because he sees himself free from want. 7 Verily unto thy Lord is the return. 8 What thinkest thou? He who forbids 9 A bondman when he offers the prayer? 10 Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way, 11 or if he commands others to maintain piety!? 12 Did you consider: what if he gives the lie (to the Truth) and turns away (from it)? 13 Does he not realize that God sees him? 14 Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead, 15 his lying, sinful forelock. 16 So let him call his associates, 17 We also shall call the infernal guards. 18 Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]! ۩ 19
Almighty God's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)