The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 1 created Man of a blood-clot. 2 Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous - 3 who taught by the pen, 4 The One Who taught man all what he did not know. 5 By no means: Verily man exorbitateth. 6 Because he sees himself self-sufficient. 7 However, (all things) will return to your Lord. 8 Did you see him who forbids 9 A votary when he turns to his devotions? 10 Bethinkest thou, if he is himself guided, 11 or is concerned with God-consciousness? 12 Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it? 13 Does he not know that God sees? 14 Yes certainly, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock. 15 A lying, sinful forelock! 16 So let him summon his helpmates; 17 We too would summon the braves of the army. 18 Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (to your Lord). ۩ 19
True are the words of Allah the Almighty.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)