This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. So what is the benefit of learning that Allah's preference that he's assigned to

Adam al-A-Islam and his children is a result of the knowledge that he's given to them

and that knowledge is greater than Iba-Ad is greater than worship, and so on and forth.

It teaches us that Allah created us with a purpose.

That purpose is knowledge and acting upon that knowledge.

And there's a very interesting note here.

Allah says in the Quran,

Arrahman, he introduces himself Subhana,

the most merciful, al-rahman.

Then Allah says, al-Am al-Kur'an, he taught the Quran. Then Allah says al-am al-m al-quran. He taught the kur-an. Then Allah says

hala-kal-in-san he created man. Then Allah says al-Amahulbayan. He taught him

expression. If you notice here, Allah mentions first, the first favor upon us, the first favor of the most merciful, is that he taught the Quran even before our creation.

Ima Mahmed Rachim al-Ola, he also points out here, he says, notice that Allah's phantah does not say

kala-kal-kur-an, that he created the kur-an.

But instead, al-Laman kur-Kur-Ankuran, he taught the kur-Anh, which is a very significant point in our creed that Allah

sophana he has spoken the Quran.

The Quran is the word of Allah sophana and it's not a creation of Allah

sibhana.

Now we take a few lessons from this order here.

Number one, that the Quran is more important and more noble than the creation of men.

Subhala, it's that high, it's that elevated, it is that honored and that noble that is even mentioned

before the creation of man, as if to say there would be no purpose for the creation of man had it not

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