The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 1 He created man from a clot of blood. 2 Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, 3 who taught by the pen, 4 Teacheth man that which he knew not. 5 No! [But] indeed, man transgresses 6 because he thinks that he is independent. 7 Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all). 8 What thinkest thou? He who forbids 9 A votary when he turns to his devotions? 10 Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?- 11 or orders piety? 12 Bethinkest thou, if he belieth and turneth away? 13 Did he not know that God sees? 14 Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead 15 his lying sinful forelock. 16 Let him call on his associates for help 17 and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell. 18 No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God. ۩ 19
Allah the Almighty always says the truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)