The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Read! In the name of your Lord, who created: 1 Created man from a clinging substance. 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who teacheth by the pen, 4 Taught man what he knew not. 5 Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 Surely to your Lord is the return. 8 What do you think? Have you seen he who forbids 9 a worshipper from praying? 10 Have you seen if he is upon guidance 11 or is concerned with God-consciousness? 12 Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 13 Does he not know that Allah sees everything? 14 And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag 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 (Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to come closer to God. ۩ 19
Almighty Allah's Truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)