The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One, 3 who has taught [man] the use of the pen 4 He taught the human being what he did not know. 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 Because he sees himself free from want. 7 Indeed towards your Lord only is the return. 8 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth 9 a servant [of God] from praying? 10 Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?- 11 or orders piety? 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Is he then unaware that Allah seeth? 14 Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead, 15 by the lying forelock steeped in sin. 16 Then, let him call his assembly, 17 We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)! 18 No, not at all. Never obey him. But prostrate yourself and become nigh (to your Lord). ۩ 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)