Transliteration:( 'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam )
8.It means He taught the first man, Hazrat Adam (On whom be peace) the names of all the things. Or, the very life of humanity, Hazrat Muhammad every branch of knowledge of the present, past and future, in fact every type of knowledge of the Holy Qur'aan, not through any school or teacher, but directly through Him (Tafseer Khazain and Mualimul Tanzil). Or, taught man knowledge entirely, or to some of medicine, to some of science, to some of religion, etc. some through the teacher, some through experience, some through inspiration. Or, He granted His beloved servants knowledge of His Personality and Attributes which continue to reach from person to person whose book is the blessed countenance of the Sheikh (the spiritual guide) and the gaze of the Guide is the means of obtaining it.
The tafsir of Surah Alaq verse 5 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Alaq ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 5.
(96:5) taught man what he did not know.[6]
6. That is, man originally was absolutely illiterate. Whatever of knowledge he obtained, he obtained it as a gift from Allah. Whatever doors of knowledge at any stage did Allah will to open for man, they went on opening up before him. This same thing has been expressed in the verse of the Throne (Ayat-ul-Kursi), thus: And the people cannot comprehend anything of His knowledge save what He Himself may please to reveal. (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 255). Whatever man looks upon as his own scientific discovery was, in fact, unknown to him before. Allah gave him its knowledge whenever He willed without his realizing that Allah by His grace had blessed him with the knowledge of it.
These verses were the very first to be revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him), as is stated in the Hadith reported by Aishah. This first experience was so intense and tremendous that the Prophet (peace be upon him) could not bear it any more. Therefore, at that time he was only made aware that the Being Whom he already knew and acknowledged as his Lord and Sustainer was in direct communion with him, had
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