Joy & gratitude

The opening claim of a sūrah

The verbs come before the nouns, deliberately.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

Ar-Raḥmān, ʿallama-l-qur'ān, khalaqa-l-insān, ʿallamahu-l-bayān.

“The Most Merciful Taught the Qur’ān, Created man, [And] taught him eloquence.”

Teaching is mentioned before creating.

Source

The Qur'an · 55:1-4

Qur'an
  • Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International
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