Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Alaq, Ayah 2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Created man from a clinging substance.
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created man al-insān the generic from a blood-clot ‘alaq is the plural of ‘alaqa which is a small quantity of congealing blood.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Createth man) i.e. the son of Adam (from a clot) and the Prophet (pbuh) said: �what shall I read?� And Gabriel read to him the first four verses of this surah.