The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Read with the name of your Lord Who created, 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 who has taught [man] the use of the pen 4 Taught man that which he knew not. 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 Because he sees himself free from want. 7 Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all). 8 Seest thou one who forbids- 9 a worshiper when he prays. 10 Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?- 11 or if he commands others to maintain piety!? 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Did he not realise that Allah is watching? 14 No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock, 15 A lying, sinful forehead. 16 Let him call on his associates for help 17 We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)! 18 By no means! Obey not thou him. Continue to adore, and continue to draw nigh. ۩ 19
True are the words of God the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)