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 clot [of blood]. 2 Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, 3 Who taught (to write) with the pen 4 Taught man what he did not know. 5 Nay, but verily man is rebellious 6 because he thinks himself self-sufficient: 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the return. 8 Have you seen the one who forbids 9 A slave when he prayeth? 10 Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way, 11 and enjoins piety? 12 What do you think? Have you seen if he belies and turns away, 13 Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]? 14 Yes certainly, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock. 15 The lying, sinful forelock - 16 Then let him call his associates; 17 We shall call the guards of Hell. 18 Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (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)