The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Read with the name of your Lord Who created, 1 He created man from a clot of blood. 2 Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 He taught the human being what he did not know. 5 By no means: Verily man exorbitateth. 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 However, (all things) will return to your Lord. 8 Have you seen one who prevents 9 a servant when he prays -- 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 Or enjoins righteousness? 12 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward? 13 Does he not know that Allah does see? 14 No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock, 15 By the lying, the sinful forelock. 16 Then let him call his associates; 17 We shall call the guards of Hell. 18 No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. ۩ 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)