Recite reiterating the first one and your Lord is the Most Generous having no counterpart in terms of His generosity wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb iqra’ ‘recite’
اقرأ -أيها النبي- ما أُنزل إليك من القرآن مُفْتَتِحًا باسم ربك المتفرد بالخلق، الذي خلق كل إنسان من قطعة دم غليظ أحمر. اقرأ -أيها النبي- ما أُنزل إليك، وإن ربك لكثير الإحسان واسع الجود، الذي علَّم خلقه الكتابة بالقلم، علَّم الإنسان ما لم يكن يعلم، ونقله من ظلمة الجهل إلى نور العلم.
أن من كرمه تعالى أن علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم فشرفه وكرمه بالعلم وهو القدر الذي امتاز به أبو البرية آدم على الملائكة والعلم تارة يكون في الأذهان وتارة يكون في اللسان وتارة يكون في الكتابة بالبنان ذهني ولفظي ورسمي. والرسمي يستلزمهما من غير عكس فلهذا قال "اقرأ وربك الأكرم الذي علم بالقلم علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم".
وقوله - تعالى - ( اقرأ وَرَبُّكَ الأكرم ) أى : امض لما أمرتك به من القراءة ، فإن ربك الذى أمرك بالقراءة هو الأكرم من كل كريم ، والأعظم من كل عظيم .قالوا : وإنما كرر - سبحانه - الأمر بالقراءة ، لأنه من الملكات التى لا ترسخ فى النفس إلا بالتكرار والإِعادة مرة فمرة .وجملة ( وَرَبُّكَ الأكرم ) مستأنفة لقصد بيان أنه - تعالى - أكرم من كل من يلتمس منه العطاء ، وأنه - سبحانه - قادر على أن يمنح نبيه نعمة القراءة ، بعد أن كان يجهلها .
وقوله: ( اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الأكْرَمُ ) يقول: اقرأ يا محمد وربك الأكرم .
"اقرأ"، كرره تأكيداً، ثم استأنف فقال: "وربك الأكرم"، قال الكلبي: الحليم عن جهل العباد لا يعجل عليهم بالعقوبة.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (3) { اقرأ وَرَبُّكَ } { الاكرم * الذى عَلَّمَ بالقلم * عَلَّمَ الإنسان مَا } .جملة معطوفة على جملة : { اقرأ باسم ربك } فلها حكم الاستئناف ، و { ربك } مبتدأ وخبره إما { الذي علم بالقلم } وإما جملة : { علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم } . وهذا الاستئناف بياني .فإذا نظرتَ إلى الآية مستقلة عما تضمنه حديث عائشة في وصف سبب نزولها كان الاستئناف ناشئاً عن سؤال يجيش في خاطر الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يقول : كيف أقرأ وأنا لا أحسن القراءة والكتابة ، فأجيب بأن الذي علم القراءة بواسطة القلم ، أي بواسطة الكتابة يعلمك ما لم تعلم .وإذا قرنت بين الآية وبين الحديث المذكور كان الاستئناف جواباً عن قوله لجبريل : « ما أنا بقارىء » فالمعنى : لا عجب في أن تقرأ وإن لم تكن من قبل عالماً بالقراءة إذ العلم بالقراءة يحصل بوسائل أخرى مثل الإِملاء والتلقين والإِلهام وقد علم الله آدم الأسماء ولم يكن آدم قارئاً .ومقتضى الظاهر : وعَلَّم بالقلم . فعُدل عن الإِضمار لتأكيد ما يشعر به { ربّك } من العناية المستفادة من قوله : { اقرأ باسم ربك } وأن هذه القراءة شأن من شؤون الرب اختص بها عبدَه إتماماً لنعمة الربوبية عليه .وليجري على لفظ الرب وصفُ الأكرم .ووصف { الأكرم } مصوغ للدلالة على قوة الاتصاف بالكرم وليس مصوغاً للمفاضلة فهو مسلوب المفاضلة .والكرم : التفضل بعطاء ما ينفع المعطَى ، ونعم الله عظيمة لا تُحصى ابتداء من نعمة الإِيجاد ، وكيفية الخلق ، والإِمداد .وقد جمعت هذه الآيات الخمسُ من أول السورة أصول الصفات الإلهية فوَصفُ الرب يتضمن الوجود والوحدانية ، ووصف { الذي خلق }
{ اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ } أي: كثير الصفات واسعها، كثير الكرم والإحسان، واسع الجود.
قوله تعالى : اقرأ وربك الأكرم قوله تعالى : اقرأ تأكيد ، وتم الكلام ، ثم استأنف فقال : وربك الأكرم أي الكريم . وقال الكلبي : يعني الحليم عن جهل العباد ، فلم يعجل بعقوبتهم . والأول أشبه بالمعنى ; لأنه لما ذكر ما تقدم من نعمه ، دل بها على كرمه . وقيل : اقرأ وربك أي اقرأ يا محمد وربك يعينك ويفهمك ، وإن كنت غير القارئ . والأكرم بمعنى المتجاوز عن جهل العباد .
The first five verses of this chapter were the very first verses which were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Almighty God created man out of ordinary material elements. Then He blessed him with the rare capacity to read and to understand the import of what he read. Then, man was given the additional capacity to use the pen and thus systematise and preserve his knowledge. While the capacity to read enables a man to acquire knowledge, the pen makes him capable of spreading this knowledge to others on a large scale. The ‘pen’ is a symbol of knowledge. In other words, through written words the believers are enjoined to acquire and spread the knowledge of the truth, wisdom and beauty of Islam. Today, spreading the word of God will be done by means of printed material and through other means of communication which includes the internet and the multimedia. Translations of the Quran in various languages, Islamic books and other printed material on Islam should be distributed as a part of dawah work on a large scale, so that the word of God reaches each and every home—big or small as predicted in a hadith (Musnad Ahmed). Thousands of men and women are dying every day without having had the message of God conveyed to them; without having had the opportunity to accept it, they have missed their chance of improving their lives in the Hereafter. In such a situation it is the solemn responsibility of the believers to desist from making excuses and seriously take up the mission of proclaiming the divine truth. The conveying of the message of Truth to everyone, the responsibility for which has been placed on the Muslims, is not like an optional subject, which you may either take up or leave off on some pretext. This is a responsibility of such a nature that it has to be discharged at all costs. Dawah, which in the Quran is called ‘warning and giving glad tidings’, is directly the mission of God. So that men might have no argument with God on the plea that they were unaware, this task was passed on to the believers themselves after the preservation of the Quran. This exigency has opened up the opportunity for man to perform this great divine task. Those who come forward to carry out this divine mission of dawah will receive special succour in this life and will be held deserving of great honour in the life Hereafter.
Verse [ 3] اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (Read, and your Lord is the most gracious.) The command iqra' [ Read ] has been repeated in this verse for two reasons: The first command in verse [ 1] was for the Holy Prophet himself to read or recite. The second command in this verse is to proclaim, convey, communicate and teach or preach. It is not inconceivable that the command iqra' is repeated by deliberate design for emphasis. The Divine attribute al-Akram 'the Most Gracious' signifies that Allah did not create the world or man for any ulterior motive, for selfish motivation or for His own benefit. He has done it out of His infinite grace, generosity and magnanimity. He endowed upon the universe the great favour of existence without asking for it.
He said to him: (Read) the Qur'an, O Muhammad: (And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous) and your Lord is Clement and forgives the ignorance of the servants,
Which was revealed in Makkah
This was the First of the Qur'an revealed
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Beginning of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the First of the Qur'an revealed
Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said: The first thing that began happening with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the revelation was dreams that he would see in his sleep that would come true. He would not see any dream except that it would come true just like the (clearness of) the daybreak in the morning. Then seclusion became beloved to him. So, he used to go to the cave of Hira' and devote himself to worship there for a number of nights, and he would bring provisions for that. Then he would return to Khadijah and replenish his provisions for a similar number of nights. This continued until the revelation suddenly came to him while he was in the cave of Hira'. The angel came to him while he was in the cave and said, "Read!" The Messen- ger of Allah said,
«فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَنَا بِقَارِىء»
(I replied: "I am not one who reads.) Then he said, "So he (the angel) seized me and pressed me until I could no longer bear it. Then he released me and said: `Read!' So I replied: `I am not one who reads.' So, he pressed me a second time until I could no longer bear it. Then he released me and said:
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ
(Read in the Name of your Lord who has created.) until he reached the Ayah,
مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(That which he knew not. )" So he returned with them (those Ayat) and with his heart trembling until he came (home) to Khadijah, and he said,
«زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي»
(Wrap me up, wrap me up!) So they wrapped him up until his fear went away. After that he told Khadijah everything that had happened (and said),
«قَدْ خَشِيتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي»
(I fear that something may happen to me.) Khadijah replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your relatives, you speak the truth, you help the poor and the destitute, you serve your guests generously, and you help the deserving, calamity afflicted people." Khadijah then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Asad bin `Abdul-`Uzza bin Qusay, who, during the period of ignorance became a Christian and used to scribe the Scriptures in Arabic. He would write from the Injil in Hebrew as much as Allah willed for him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadijah said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to the story of your nephew." Waraqah asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen" Allah's Messenger ﷺ described what he saw. Waraqah said, "This is An-Namus whom Allah had sent to Musa. I wish I was young and could live until the time when your people would drive you out." Allah's Messenger ﷺ asked,
«أَوَ مُخْرِجِيَّ هُمْ؟»
(Will they drive me out) Waraqah replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone who came with something similar to what you have brought, was treated with hostility and enmity; and if I should remain alive till that day then I would firmly support you." But Waraqah did not remain. He died and the revelation paused until Allah's Messenger ﷺ became sad according to what we were told. Due to this grief he set out a number of times with the intent of throwing himself from the mountain tops. However, every time he would reach the peak of a mountain to throw himself from it, Jibril would appear to him and say, "O Muhammad! You are truly the Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Therefore, his worry would be eased, his soul would be settled and he would return (down from the mountain). Then, when the revelation did not come again for a long time, he set out as he had done before. So when he reached the peak of the mountain, Jibril appeared to him again and said to him the same as he had said before." This Hadith has been recorded in the Two Sahihs by way of Az-Zuhri. We have already discussed this Hadith's chain of narration, its text and its meanings at length in the beginning of our explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari. Therefore, whoever would like to read it, it is researched there, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah. So the first thing that was revealed of the Qur'an were these noble and blessed Ayat. They are the first mercy that Allah bestowed upon His servants and the first bounty that Allah favored them with.
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. For this reason Allah says,
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الاٌّكْرَمُ - الَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ - عَلَّمَ الإِنسَـنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. Who has taught by the pen. 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."
Recite reiterating the first one and your Lord is the Most Generous having no counterpart in terms of His generosity wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb iqra’ ‘recite’
اقرأ -أيها النبي- ما أُنزل إليك من القرآن مُفْتَتِحًا باسم ربك المتفرد بالخلق، الذي خلق كل إنسان من قطعة دم غليظ أحمر. اقرأ -أيها النبي- ما أُنزل إليك، وإن ربك لكثير الإحسان واسع الجود، الذي علَّم خلقه الكتابة بالقلم، علَّم الإنسان ما لم يكن يعلم، ونقله من ظلمة الجهل إلى نور العلم.
أن من كرمه تعالى أن علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم فشرفه وكرمه بالعلم وهو القدر الذي امتاز به أبو البرية آدم على الملائكة والعلم تارة يكون في الأذهان وتارة يكون في اللسان وتارة يكون في الكتابة بالبنان ذهني ولفظي ورسمي. والرسمي يستلزمهما من غير عكس فلهذا قال "اقرأ وربك الأكرم الذي علم بالقلم علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم".
وقوله - تعالى - ( اقرأ وَرَبُّكَ الأكرم ) أى : امض لما أمرتك به من القراءة ، فإن ربك الذى أمرك بالقراءة هو الأكرم من كل كريم ، والأعظم من كل عظيم .قالوا : وإنما كرر - سبحانه - الأمر بالقراءة ، لأنه من الملكات التى لا ترسخ فى النفس إلا بالتكرار والإِعادة مرة فمرة .وجملة ( وَرَبُّكَ الأكرم ) مستأنفة لقصد بيان أنه - تعالى - أكرم من كل من يلتمس منه العطاء ، وأنه - سبحانه - قادر على أن يمنح نبيه نعمة القراءة ، بعد أن كان يجهلها .
وقوله: ( اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الأكْرَمُ ) يقول: اقرأ يا محمد وربك الأكرم .
"اقرأ"، كرره تأكيداً، ثم استأنف فقال: "وربك الأكرم"، قال الكلبي: الحليم عن جهل العباد لا يعجل عليهم بالعقوبة.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (3) { اقرأ وَرَبُّكَ } { الاكرم * الذى عَلَّمَ بالقلم * عَلَّمَ الإنسان مَا } .جملة معطوفة على جملة : { اقرأ باسم ربك } فلها حكم الاستئناف ، و { ربك } مبتدأ وخبره إما { الذي علم بالقلم } وإما جملة : { علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم } . وهذا الاستئناف بياني .فإذا نظرتَ إلى الآية مستقلة عما تضمنه حديث عائشة في وصف سبب نزولها كان الاستئناف ناشئاً عن سؤال يجيش في خاطر الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يقول : كيف أقرأ وأنا لا أحسن القراءة والكتابة ، فأجيب بأن الذي علم القراءة بواسطة القلم ، أي بواسطة الكتابة يعلمك ما لم تعلم .وإذا قرنت بين الآية وبين الحديث المذكور كان الاستئناف جواباً عن قوله لجبريل : « ما أنا بقارىء » فالمعنى : لا عجب في أن تقرأ وإن لم تكن من قبل عالماً بالقراءة إذ العلم بالقراءة يحصل بوسائل أخرى مثل الإِملاء والتلقين والإِلهام وقد علم الله آدم الأسماء ولم يكن آدم قارئاً .ومقتضى الظاهر : وعَلَّم بالقلم . فعُدل عن الإِضمار لتأكيد ما يشعر به { ربّك } من العناية المستفادة من قوله : { اقرأ باسم ربك } وأن هذه القراءة شأن من شؤون الرب اختص بها عبدَه إتماماً لنعمة الربوبية عليه .وليجري على لفظ الرب وصفُ الأكرم .ووصف { الأكرم } مصوغ للدلالة على قوة الاتصاف بالكرم وليس مصوغاً للمفاضلة فهو مسلوب المفاضلة .والكرم : التفضل بعطاء ما ينفع المعطَى ، ونعم الله عظيمة لا تُحصى ابتداء من نعمة الإِيجاد ، وكيفية الخلق ، والإِمداد .وقد جمعت هذه الآيات الخمسُ من أول السورة أصول الصفات الإلهية فوَصفُ الرب يتضمن الوجود والوحدانية ، ووصف { الذي خلق }
{ اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ } أي: كثير الصفات واسعها، كثير الكرم والإحسان، واسع الجود.
قوله تعالى : اقرأ وربك الأكرم قوله تعالى : اقرأ تأكيد ، وتم الكلام ، ثم استأنف فقال : وربك الأكرم أي الكريم . وقال الكلبي : يعني الحليم عن جهل العباد ، فلم يعجل بعقوبتهم . والأول أشبه بالمعنى ; لأنه لما ذكر ما تقدم من نعمه ، دل بها على كرمه . وقيل : اقرأ وربك أي اقرأ يا محمد وربك يعينك ويفهمك ، وإن كنت غير القارئ . والأكرم بمعنى المتجاوز عن جهل العباد .
The first five verses of this chapter were the very first verses which were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Almighty God created man out of ordinary material elements. Then He blessed him with the rare capacity to read and to understand the import of what he read. Then, man was given the additional capacity to use the pen and thus systematise and preserve his knowledge. While the capacity to read enables a man to acquire knowledge, the pen makes him capable of spreading this knowledge to others on a large scale. The ‘pen’ is a symbol of knowledge. In other words, through written words the believers are enjoined to acquire and spread the knowledge of the truth, wisdom and beauty of Islam. Today, spreading the word of God will be done by means of printed material and through other means of communication which includes the internet and the multimedia. Translations of the Quran in various languages, Islamic books and other printed material on Islam should be distributed as a part of dawah work on a large scale, so that the word of God reaches each and every home—big or small as predicted in a hadith (Musnad Ahmed). Thousands of men and women are dying every day without having had the message of God conveyed to them; without having had the opportunity to accept it, they have missed their chance of improving their lives in the Hereafter. In such a situation it is the solemn responsibility of the believers to desist from making excuses and seriously take up the mission of proclaiming the divine truth. The conveying of the message of Truth to everyone, the responsibility for which has been placed on the Muslims, is not like an optional subject, which you may either take up or leave off on some pretext. This is a responsibility of such a nature that it has to be discharged at all costs. Dawah, which in the Quran is called ‘warning and giving glad tidings’, is directly the mission of God. So that men might have no argument with God on the plea that they were unaware, this task was passed on to the believers themselves after the preservation of the Quran. This exigency has opened up the opportunity for man to perform this great divine task. Those who come forward to carry out this divine mission of dawah will receive special succour in this life and will be held deserving of great honour in the life Hereafter.
Verse [ 3] اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (Read, and your Lord is the most gracious.) The command iqra' [ Read ] has been repeated in this verse for two reasons: The first command in verse [ 1] was for the Holy Prophet himself to read or recite. The second command in this verse is to proclaim, convey, communicate and teach or preach. It is not inconceivable that the command iqra' is repeated by deliberate design for emphasis. The Divine attribute al-Akram 'the Most Gracious' signifies that Allah did not create the world or man for any ulterior motive, for selfish motivation or for His own benefit. He has done it out of His infinite grace, generosity and magnanimity. He endowed upon the universe the great favour of existence without asking for it.
He said to him: (Read) the Qur'an, O Muhammad: (And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous) and your Lord is Clement and forgives the ignorance of the servants,
Which was revealed in Makkah
This was the First of the Qur'an revealed
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Beginning of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the First of the Qur'an revealed
Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said: The first thing that began happening with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the revelation was dreams that he would see in his sleep that would come true. He would not see any dream except that it would come true just like the (clearness of) the daybreak in the morning. Then seclusion became beloved to him. So, he used to go to the cave of Hira' and devote himself to worship there for a number of nights, and he would bring provisions for that. Then he would return to Khadijah and replenish his provisions for a similar number of nights. This continued until the revelation suddenly came to him while he was in the cave of Hira'. The angel came to him while he was in the cave and said, "Read!" The Messen- ger of Allah said,
«فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَنَا بِقَارِىء»
(I replied: "I am not one who reads.) Then he said, "So he (the angel) seized me and pressed me until I could no longer bear it. Then he released me and said: `Read!' So I replied: `I am not one who reads.' So, he pressed me a second time until I could no longer bear it. Then he released me and said:
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ
(Read in the Name of your Lord who has created.) until he reached the Ayah,
مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(That which he knew not. )" So he returned with them (those Ayat) and with his heart trembling until he came (home) to Khadijah, and he said,
«زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي»
(Wrap me up, wrap me up!) So they wrapped him up until his fear went away. After that he told Khadijah everything that had happened (and said),
«قَدْ خَشِيتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي»
(I fear that something may happen to me.) Khadijah replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your relatives, you speak the truth, you help the poor and the destitute, you serve your guests generously, and you help the deserving, calamity afflicted people." Khadijah then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Asad bin `Abdul-`Uzza bin Qusay, who, during the period of ignorance became a Christian and used to scribe the Scriptures in Arabic. He would write from the Injil in Hebrew as much as Allah willed for him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadijah said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to the story of your nephew." Waraqah asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen" Allah's Messenger ﷺ described what he saw. Waraqah said, "This is An-Namus whom Allah had sent to Musa. I wish I was young and could live until the time when your people would drive you out." Allah's Messenger ﷺ asked,
«أَوَ مُخْرِجِيَّ هُمْ؟»
(Will they drive me out) Waraqah replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone who came with something similar to what you have brought, was treated with hostility and enmity; and if I should remain alive till that day then I would firmly support you." But Waraqah did not remain. He died and the revelation paused until Allah's Messenger ﷺ became sad according to what we were told. Due to this grief he set out a number of times with the intent of throwing himself from the mountain tops. However, every time he would reach the peak of a mountain to throw himself from it, Jibril would appear to him and say, "O Muhammad! You are truly the Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Therefore, his worry would be eased, his soul would be settled and he would return (down from the mountain). Then, when the revelation did not come again for a long time, he set out as he had done before. So when he reached the peak of the mountain, Jibril appeared to him again and said to him the same as he had said before." This Hadith has been recorded in the Two Sahihs by way of Az-Zuhri. We have already discussed this Hadith's chain of narration, its text and its meanings at length in the beginning of our explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari. Therefore, whoever would like to read it, it is researched there, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah. So the first thing that was revealed of the Qur'an were these noble and blessed Ayat. They are the first mercy that Allah bestowed upon His servants and the first bounty that Allah favored them with.
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. For this reason Allah says,
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الاٌّكْرَمُ - الَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ - عَلَّمَ الإِنسَـنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. Who has taught by the pen. 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."