Chapters from the Koran.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Mecca Suras |
| | | The Chapter of Congealed Blood |
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| IN 1 the name of the merciful and compassionate God. | 1 |
| READ, in the name of thy Lord! | 2 |
| Who created man from congealed blood! | 3 |
| Read, for thy Lord is most generous! | 4 |
| Who taught the pen! | 5 |
| Taught man what he did not know! | 6 |
| Nay, verily, man is indeed outrageous at seeing himself get rich! | 7 |
| Verily, unto thy Lord is the return! | 8 |
| Hast thou considered him who forbids a servant 2 when he prays 3? | 9 |
| Hast thou considered if he were in guidance or bade piety? | 10 |
| Hast thou considered if he said it was a lie, and turned his back? | 11 |
| Did he not know that God can see? | 12 |
| Nay, surely, if he do not desist we will drag him by the forelock!—the lying sinful forelock! | 13 |
| So let him call his counsel: we will call the guards of hell! | 14 |
| Nay, obey him not, but adore and draw nigh! | 15 |
| | | Note 1. The five opening verses of this chapter are generally allowed to have been the first that were revealed. [back] |
| Note 2. I. e. Mohammed. [back] |
| Note 3. The allusion is to Abu Ghal, who threatened to set his foot on Mohammed’s neck if he caught him in the act of adoration. [back] |
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