96. Alak · verses 1–2

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ

Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ

Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin

Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: