Surah Al-'Alaq 96:5 — translation and meaning

العلق · Verse 5 / 19 · Page 597

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Word by Word

عَلَّمَ
allama
Taught
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
man
مَا
ma
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يَعْلَمْ
ya'lam
he knew

Transliteration

'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam

Translation

Taught man that which he knew not.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He taught the human that which he did not know.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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