The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), 1 Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: 2 Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One 3 The One Who taught to write with the pen. 4 taught Man that he knew not. 5 No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent, 6 That he thinketh himself independent! 7 Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning. 8 What thinkest thou? He who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided 11 Or enjoins piety? 12 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward? 13 Knoweth he not that Allah doth see? 14 Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock -- 15 The lying, sinful forelock - 16 Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades): 17 We too would summon the braves of the army. 18 No, indeed; do not obey him! Prostrate and come nearer (to Allah). ۩ 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)