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Al-‘Alaq - 96:1
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Allah Says;
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
Al-‘Alaq - 96:2
خَلَقَ الاِْنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Read! In the Name of your Lord Who created.
He has created man from a clot.
The Honor and Nobility of Man is in His Knowledge
These Ayat inform of the beginning of man's creation from a dangling clot, and that out of Allah's generosity He taught man that which he did not know. Thus, Allah exalted him and honored him by giving him knowledge, and it is the dignity that the Father of Humanity, Adam, was distinguished with over the angels. Knowledge sometimes is in the mind, sometimes on the tongue, and sometimes in writing with the fingers. Thus, it may be intellectual, spoken and written. And while the last (written) necessitates the first two (intellectual and spoken), the reverse is not true.
Al-‘Alaq - 96:3
For this reason Allah says,
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الاَْكْرَمُ
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous.
Al-‘Alaq - 96:4
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
Who has taught by the pen.
Al-‘Alaq - 96:5
عَلَّمَ الاِْنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
He has taught man that which he knew not.
There is a narration that states,
"Record knowledge by writing."
There is also a saying which states,
"Whoever acts according to what he knows, Allah will make him inherit knowledge that he did not know.
