The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, 1 He created man from a clot. 2 Read, and your Lord only is the Most Beneficent, 3 who taught by the pen, 4 taught man what he did not know! 5 Nay! man is most surely inordinate, 6 for he thinks himself self-sufficient. 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the returning. 8 Have you seen the one who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 Have you considered if he were on the right way, 11 or bade to godfearing -- 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Does he not know that God sees? 14 Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock -- 15 A forelock, lying, sinning. 16 Then let him call upon his henchmen! 17 We will now call the guards! 18 By no means! Obey not thou him. Continue to adore, and continue to draw nigh. ۩ 19
Almighty God's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)