Read in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created - created man out of a germ - cell! Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One who has taught (man) the use of the pen - taught man what he did not know.
With these opening verses of the ninety-sixth sürah - with an allusion to man`s humble biological origin as well as to his consciousness and intellect - began, early in the seventh century of the Christian era, the revelation of the Qur`an to the Prophet Muhammad, destined to conti ...