The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
READ IN THE name of your Lord who created, 1 created man from a clot [of blood]. 2 Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 taught the human what he did not know. 5 Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel 6 As he considers himself independent! 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the returning. 8 Did you see him who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 13 does he not know that Allah sees? 14 No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock; 15 a lying, sinful forelock. 16 and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom, 17 We will now call the guards! 18 (Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to 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)