Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 640
UNVEILING OF THE ‘UNSEEN' BY THE QURAN – A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE. Read! And your Lord is the Most Honourable. . Who taught by the pen. . He taught man what he knew not. 36. These verses when read in conjunction with the verse under study clearly emphasize the character of the age as highly advanced in knowledge. During that age, the spread of educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities also seems to be implied. . The very first verse which makes the opening statement introduces God as Most Honourable because He has taught with the pen. It is obviously implied that the pen will be the source of all knowledge and knowledge would be the source of all greatness and honour. Incidentally one should not forget that these revelations were vouched to one who himself had never learnt to hold a pen in his hand. . It was the pen of God which authored the Quran and not the pen of Muhammadsa. Another implication of the verse is that knowledge would become the means of gaining power and the pen shall emerge as mightier than the sword. . The next verse advancing the same theme further pronounces that the sky will be the limit of man's knowledge: وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ * 81:12. And when the heaven will be peeled off (laid bare). 37. This verse presents a tragic comparison between the state of Islam in that age and the rise of the worldly. Christian powers when the light of the sun of Islam will be wrapped up and the stars of the Muslim heaven will cease to shed light. The non-Muslim materialistic world will 600 i ļ !