The Embryo (Al-Alaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Recite in the name of your Lord who created - 1 Created man from an embryo; 2 Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, 3 The One Who taught to write with the pen. 4 Taught man what he knew not. 5 Yes indeed, man is surely rebellious. 6 that he sees himself sufficed. 7 Indeed, to your Lord is the returning. 8 Have you seen him who forbids 9 A servant when he prays? 10 Do you think he is rightly guided, 11 or if he commands others to maintain piety!? 12 Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, 13 Does he not know that Allah does see? 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 and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell. 18 By no means! Obey not thou him. Continue to adore, and continue to draw nigh. ۩ 19
God the Almighty always says the truth.
End of Surah: The Embryo (Al-Alaq). Sent down in Mecca. First revelation of the Quran before
The Pen (Al-Qalam)