The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Read with the name of your Lord Who created, 1 Created man from a clinging substance. 2 Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One, 3 Who taught by the pen, 4 Taught man what he did not know. 5 No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 6 Because he sees himself self-sufficient. 7 Surely your returning is to your Lord. 8 Have you seen the one who prohibits 9 a servant (of Allah) when he prays? 10 Have you seen if he was upon guidance 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 Have you seen if he denies and turns away - 13 does he not know that Allah sees? 14 Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead 15 A forelock, lying, sinning. 16 Then let him call upon his henchmen! 17 We also shall call the infernal guards. 18 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah). ۩ 19
True are the words of Allah the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)