The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created 1 Created man from an embryo; 2 Recite thou: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, 3 who taught by the Pen, 4 Taught man what he did not know. 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 because he thinks himself self-sufficient: 7 Surely your returning is to your Lord. 8 Seest thou one who forbids- 9 A votary when he (turns) to pray? 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 or orders piety? 12 Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it? 13 Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]? 14 Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead, 15 his lying, sinful forelock. 16 Then, let him call upon his council (of helpers), 17 We too would summon the braves of the army. 18 By no means! Obey not thou him. Continue to adore, and continue to draw nigh. ۩ 19
Almighty Allah's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)