The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, 1 Hath created man from a clot! 2 Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous, 3 who has taught [man] the use of the pen 4 Teacheth man that which he knew not. 5 Indeed, surely the human is very insolent 6 whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient: 7 Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all). 8 Have you seen him who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 Have you thought, if he had been on guidance 11 or enjoins true piety? 12 What do you think? Have you seen if he belies and turns away, 13 Knoweth he not that Allah beholdeth? 14 Indeed, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock, 15 A lying, sinning forelock. 16 So let him call his associates, 17 We shall call on the guards of Hell. 18 Nay! (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))! Do not obey him (Abu Jahl). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah! ۩ 19
True are the words of God the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)