The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created 1 created the human from a (blood) clot. 2 Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, 3 Who hath taught mankind by the pen 4 taught Man that he knew not. 5 By no means: Verily man exorbitateth. 6 for he thinks himself self-sufficient. 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the return. 8 What thinkest thou? He who forbids 9 a worshiper when he prays. 10 Bethinkest thou, if he is himself guided, 11 and enjoins piety? 12 What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!? 13 Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)? 14 Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,- 15 his lying sinful forelock. 16 Then let him summon his council, 17 We shall call on the guards of Hell. 18 Nay! (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))! Do not obey him (Abu Jahl). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah! ۩ 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)