The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
Read (Prophet Muhammad) in the Name of your Lord who created, 1 Createth man from a clot. 2 Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One, 3 who taught by the Pen, 4 The One Who taught man all what he did not know. 5 By no means: Verily man exorbitateth. 6 Because he sees himself self-sufficient. 7 truly, all will return to your Lord. 8 Have you seen him who restrains 9 a servant (of Allah) when he prays? 10 Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way, 11 and enjoins piety? 12 What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!? 13 Does he not know that Allah sees? 14 No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock; 15 his lying sinful forelock. 16 So let him call on his concourse! 17 [the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement! 18 Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]! ۩ 19
Almighty God's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)