Surah 55. Ar-Rahman, Ayah 4
| عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ |
| Asad | : | He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.1 |
| Pickthall | : | He hath taught him utterance. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | He has taught him speech (and Intelligence) 5173 |
| Transliteration | : | AAallamahu albayana |
Note - 1The term al-bayan - denoting "the means whereby a thing
is [intellectually] circumscribed and made clear"
(Raghib) - applies to both thought and speech inasmuch as
it comprises the faculty of making a thing or an idea
apparent to the mind and conceptually distinct from other
things or ideas, as well as the power to express this
cognition clearly in spoken or written language (Taj
al-'Arus): hence, in the above context, "articulate
thought and speech", recalling the "knowledge of all the
names" (i.e., the faculty of conceptual thinking) with
which man is endowed (see 2:31 and the corresponding
note [23]).
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Note - 5173Bayan: intelligent speech: power of expression: capacity
to understand clearly the relations of things and to
explain them. Allah has given this to man, and besides
this revelation in man's own heart, has aided him with
revelation in nature and revelation through prophets and
messengers.
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The term al-bayan - denoting "the means whereby a thing is [intellectually] circumscribed and made clear" (Raghib) - applies to both thought and speech inasmuch as it comprises the faculty of making a thing or an idea apparent to the mind and conceptually distinct from other things or ideas, as well as the power to express this cognition clearly in spoken or written language (Taj al-'Arus): hence, in the above context, "articulate thought and speech", recalling the "knowledge of all the names" (i.e., the faculty of conceptual thinking) with which man is endowed (see 2:31 and the corresponding note [23]). |
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Bayan: intelligent speech: power of expression: capacity to understand clearly the relations of things and to explain them. Allah has given this to man, and besides this revelation in man's own heart, has aided him with revelation in nature and revelation through prophets and messengers. |
