The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
READ IN THE name of your Lord who created, 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Read, and your Lord only is the Most Beneficent, 3 who, by the pen, taught the human being: 4 He taught the human being what he did not know. 5 Yet man behaves arrogantly, 6 As he bethinkest himself selfsufficient. 7 truly, all will return to your Lord. 8 Did you see him who forbids 9 A bondman of Ours when he prayeth 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 Or enjoins piety? 12 Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 13 Did he not realise that Allah is watching? 14 No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock; 15 a lying, sinful forelock. 16 Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades): 17 We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)! 18 No, indeed; do not obey him! Prostrate and come nearer (to 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)