The Clot

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The Clot is the English title of Surah Al-Alaq, the 96th chapter of the Qur’an, known for containing the first verses revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

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The Clot canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scripture chapter
Quran surah
containsFirstRevealedVersesTo Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
hasApproximateChronologicalOrderOfRevelation 1
hasArabicName Surah Al-Alaq
surface form: سورة العلق
hasCanonicalOrderInQuran 96
hasEnglishTitle The Clinging Clot
The Clinging Form
The Clot self-link
The Embryo
The Germ-Cell
hasFirstRevelationLocation Cave of Hira
hasGenre religious scripture
hasKeyTermArabic علق (ʿalaq)
hasLiturgicalUse recitation in worship and devotion
hasNumberOfVerses 19
hasOpeningWordsArabic اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
hasOpeningWordsEnglish Read in the name of your Lord who created
hasQuranChapterNumber 96
hasTheologicalTheme condemnation of those who hinder worship
dependence of humans on God
importance of knowledge
hasTransliteration Surah Al-Alaq
surface form: Surat al-ʿAlaq
hasVerseCountType short verses
hasVerseRangeForFirstRevelation verses 1–5
isFollowedInMushafBy Surah Al-Qadr
isLocatedInSection 30th Juzʼ
isMeccanOrMedinan Meccan surah
isPartOf Quran
surface form: Qur’an
isPrecededInMushafBy Surah At-Tin
isRecitedIn Muslim prayers
isReferencedIn Islamic exegesis (tafsir)
isRevealedBy Allah
isRevealedInLanguage Arabic
isSacredTextIn Islam
isTraditionallyClassifiedAs early Meccan revelation
keyTermMeaning clinging clot
congealed blood
embryonic substance
mentionsConcept God as the Most Generous
accountability before God
creation of the human from a clot
human arrogance
reading and knowledge
teaching by the pen
wasRevealedTo Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad

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Surah Al-Alaq name The Clot
Al-Alaq englishName The Clot
The Clot hasEnglishTitle The Clot self-link