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Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:
“Then, reflect on the favor of humankind, in terms of both types of
eloquence, verbal and written. So, in the first Soorah that He the
Exalted revealed to His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam,
He Said (what means): {Recite in the name of your Lord who
created - Created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your
Lord is the most Generous - Who taught by the pen - Taught man
that which he knew not.} [Qur’aan 96:1-5].”
He then said: “Teaching through the pen, which is the greatest gift and
favor He the Exalted has given His slaves, since through it,
sciences become eternal, realities are established, words of
advice are known, testimonies are preserved, the accounts of
dealings between people are precisely kept, and the news of
the past is recorded for those who remain and who will come
later. Had it not been for writing, news from certain period
of time would be cut off from other times, traditions would
be obliterated, rulings would be confused, and the latter
generations would not know the ways and methods of the
predecessors. The most confusion that occurs within people
in matters of their religion happens due to forgetfulness that
wipes some aspects of knowledge from their hearts. So,
Allaah the Exalted gave them the book as a container that
preserves, like other containers that preserve goods from
perishing and breaking; so, the favor of Allaah the Exalted
by teaching through pen after the Qur’aan is of the greatest
of favors.”