The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, 1 created the human from a (blood) clot. 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One 3 who, by the pen, taught the human being: 4 taught the human what he did not know. 5 And yet, but yet man is rebellious, 6 that he sees himself sufficed. 7 Surely! Unto your Lord is the return. 8 Have you seen the one who forbids 9 a worshipper from praying? 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 or bade to godfearing -- 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Did he not know that God sees? 14 Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead 15 the lying, rebellious forehead! 16 So let him summon his helpmates; 17 We shall call on the guards of Hell. 18 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah). ۩ 19
Allah Almighty has spoken the truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)