The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Read (Prophet Muhammad) 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 by the pen - 4 taught the human what he did not know. 5 No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent, 6 because he thinks that he is independent. 7 Surely! Unto your Lord is the return. 8 Have you seen the one who forbids 9 a worshiper when he prays. 10 Do you think he is rightly guided, 11 or orders piety? 12 Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back? 13 Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]? 14 Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead, 15 The lying, sinful forelock - 16 So, let him call upon his way! 17 We will 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)