The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Read! In the name of your Lord, who created: 1 He created man from a clot. 2 Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, 3 Who taught by the pen - 4 taught man what he did not know! 5 Yes indeed, man is surely rebellious. 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the returning. 8 HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent 9 a servant [of God] from praying? 10 Have you seen if he was upon guidance 11 or is concerned with God-consciousness? 12 What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!? 13 Does he not know that Allah sees everything? 14 No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock; 15 A forelock that lies, is sinful. 16 So let him call his associates, 17 We shall call the guards of Hell. 18 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto 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)