The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created, 1 He created man from a clot of blood. 2 Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who taught by the pen, 4 Hath taught man that which he knew not. 5 Nay, but verily man is rebellious 6 that he sees himself sufficed. 7 However, (all things) will return to your Lord. 8 Have you seen him who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 Have you thought, if he had been on guidance 11 and enjoins piety? 12 Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back? 13 Is he then unaware that Allah seeth? 14 By no means! If he desist not We shall seize and deal him by the forelock 15 A forelock, lying, sinning. 16 Then let him call his associates; 17 We shall summon the guards of Hell. 18 No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. ۩ 19
God 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)