Islamic Arts

Al-Alaq, Chapter #96, The Clot Verses #1-8

1 Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-
2 Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
3 Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
4 He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-
5 Taught man that which he knew not.
6 Day, but man doth transgress all bounds,
7 In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
8 Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).