The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, 3 Who taught by the pen, 4 The One Who taught man all what he did not know. 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 Because he sees himself free from want. 7 Verily unto thy Lord is the return. 8 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth 9 a worshipper from praying? 10 Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah) 11 He would enjoin piety, so how good it would be! 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Did he not realise that Allah is watching? 14 Yes certainly, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock. 15 A forelock that lies, is sinful. 16 So let him now call his gang! 17 We, will call the Zabania (the harsh angels of Hell). 18 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah). ۩ 19
Allah 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)