The first revealed chapter of the Qur’an, Al-‘Alaq (literally, clinging clot), speaks in particular of the creation of humankind and its origin, a clinging clot. That little origin of simple composition is elevated by God to the rank of man and woman, who can be taught, who can learn, which reveals more about the Grace of our Creator than it does about His Power. Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous