The Holy Quran 96:5 — Surah Al-'Alaq

Arabic text

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Translation

(However, even without any means like books and pens,) He (also directly) taught man what he did not know. (All man's knowledge comes from Allaah because Allaah gave man the means of acquiring knowledge as well.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

He delivered man from ignorance: that is, when a human child is born from its mother’s womb, it knows nothing. Who, after all, teaches it little by little? None but that All-Powerful Lord Who makes man knowledgeable after being ignorant — He will make His unlettered [servant] a perfect knower [of Allah], indeed the master of all the knowers.

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