The first verse revealed

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

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

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

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

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Taught man that which he knew not.