The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Read in the name of your Lord Who created. 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 who taught by the pen, 4 Taught man that which he knew not. 5 No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 6 for he thinks himself self-sufficient. 7 Surely! Unto your Lord is the return. 8 Have you seen the one who prohibits 9 A votary when he turns to his devotions? 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 or orders piety? 12 Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 13 Does he not know that Allah sees everything? 14 Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead 15 the lying, rebellious forehead! 16 Then let him call upon his henchmen! 17 We too shall summon the guards of Hell. 18 Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (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)