Allah informs of His favors and His mercy for His creatures, for He revealed the Qur'an to His servants, He made memorizing and understanding of it easy for those on whom He has bestowed His mercy.

He has taught the Qur'an.

He created man.

He taught him Al-Bayan.

Al-Hasan said: "Eloquent speech.''

This refers to Allah teaching the Qur’an that is, teaching the servants how to recite it by making it easy for them to speak and pronounce letters with the various parts of the mouth, such as the alveolar bridge, the tongue and the lips

Verse 2: Allah lists the blessings He gives us. The order of rahmah is in the interest of the matter. Thus, God begins by mentioning the Qur'an because it is the most important thing. There is no greater favors. The favors that can save people from any time of torment.

علم القرءآن

He is the one who teaches the Qur'an.

This verse confirms that this Qur'an is from God. It denies allegations against the Qur'an who say the Prophet Muhammad himself wrote the Qur'an. This is an allegation that there is no basis.

This verse also means that God himself teaches the Qur'an to us, not others. Teachers or teachers who teach it only convey only. But what gives understanding is God himself. We learn Quran interpretation from our teacher, our teacher learns from his teacher, his teacher from his teacher, to his companions, to the Prophet, who study with Jibrail who got it from God too. Finally, the understanding is from God too. If God does not give us, we can not.

Occasionally, the teaching is the same, but the understanding of the pupils is not the same. Two students sit in the same class, following the same learning, but when they examine their understanding, sometimes they are not as understanding. This shows that the understanding is given by God. This shows that God is actually a teacher who teaches.

Allah says Allah 'teaches' the Qur'an to us, rather than just 'drop'. Allah teaches us with His Most Gracious character.

This verse is a scholarly number - which is called the former ism. The first two verses are a complete word actually: The complete verse reads: "Allah is the one who teaches the Quran". الرحمن is mubtada 'and علم القرآن is rumor. [This is useful to those who have little grammatical knowledge of Arabic]. The point is to emphasize the 'perpetrator' - reminding us that Allah is the one who teaches the Qur'an even though we see our teachers teaching the Qur'an and our interpretation. We must remember that in fact God is the one who teaches.

If in the academic world, we are always proud of the teachers who teach us. We tell people that the sheikh, this syeikh who teaches us. Now look, God who teaches us really. We can be proud of saying that Allah is the one who teaches the Qur'an to us. Our teacher is God himself. But do not misunderstand, do not start with learning with the teacher. Do not read and mark your own.

Used the name of Allah الرحمن in the previous verse. There is a certain meaning why this name is used. The name God we always use is God, but it is not used in the previous verse. If the name 'Allah' is used, it includes all the attributes of Allah. But when it is used His name ar-Rahman, it emphasizes the nature of Rahmah Allah.

On the nature of Allah's grace, God teaches the Qur'an to mankind. It is revealed to man as our care, because Allah loves us. It is not obligatory for God to drop the Qur'an. God can call His other Name, for example: "God teaches the Qur'an". But when Allah emphasizes His Prophecy in this verse, this indicates the decline of the Qur'an is from the nature of His affection.

Allah can only make us and then our law when we do wrong. But God wants us to be safe then Allah sends the Qur'an to us. So tell me about Rahman's nature. Because the Qur'an is not just about telling halal and teaching the law for humans only. He also teaches us about God and His nature. When we do not understand this, then we will see God and the Qur'an as fierce, which will determine how we live. Just a little bit of law, just a few stories of hell - just like to put people in hell and just do it.

We should not impose our understanding of the Qur'an but let us know that what God teaches in the Qur'an is for our true good.

But it is sad that man does not see the mercy of the Qur'an. The orientalists are always looking for problems in the Qur'an. They say the Qur'an is a very bad book, which tells his followers to kill others, oppress women, cause the Muslim community to back down and not. This is the rhetoric we often face. Present this time there are western societies who run the Quran burning ceremony there.

If it comes from the Gentiles, we still understand it. But if it comes from the Muslims themselves, how? Of course sad again.

In this chapter, will be mentioned the various blessings God has given us. But the first blessing is the Qur'an. Most often called, that's what's most important. Therefore, from here we can know that the Qur'an is the greatest blessing of Allah.

The word علم means 'teaching'. In Arabic, a complete sentence requires 'subject' and 'predicate'. Like if we say: 'Ahmad hit', we must wonder, who is Ahmad hit? We will be wondering because the verse is dependent. There is no subject to that verse. In this verse, it is a type of verse that depends also. Because it is mentioned about 'teaching' - the God who taught, and referred to what was 'taught' - the Qur'an - but not mentioned to who it was taught. Why so?

Many of these types of verses are found in the Qur'an. When objects are not mentioned, this means they are left open. So it has a broad meaning. Can be applied in many situations. Many elements can be used as objects. For example, Allah teaches the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad, to men, men, women, who have long been converted to Islam, who are new to Islam, including non-Muslims and others. All can take lessons from the Qur'an. See how broad the understanding is?

The word علم not only means 'teaching', but teaching in a long time. Take time to teach and learn. Not only teaches only harang. It's not just about telling - because if you just say, the word a'lama is used. But God takes the time to teach the Qur'an to man. This is the mercy of God - God takes the time to teach the Qur'an to us. This is what we want to emphasize in this verse.

In other words, God not only gives us the Qur'an, but God also teaches us. So what can we learn from here? We also need to spend time studying the Qur'an. It's not a waste of time. Not wanting to spend 30 constituencies, we learn quickly until we do not care about the understanding again. That's not right. We need to understand less than to spend on studying. What do you use when we are studying, but we do not understand? Do we want to jaja to others who have learned the Quranic interpretation of 30 constituents? Why are we here? Is it because we want to praise the people?

There are scholars who say that the study of Quranic interpretation is three layers. The first layer is briefly for all sentences. Then in the second layer, we explore the understanding of the Qur'anic verses. Then the third layer learns more deeply.

The word القرآن also has the meaning we understand. It is in the form of sighah mubalaghah - hyperbolize form - in strong form. This we know because there is a letter ن in the word القرآن. This is because the Qur'an is a book that has been read many times many times. That is what we can understand with the addition of the letter ن in the word القرآن.

Hence, it teaches us that the Qur'an must be read many times. Repeat daily readings. This is what Muslims need to do. There is no reason not to read the Qur'an. The importance of reading the Koran through Allah has obligated us to read the Qur'an in our prayers. That is the time required for us to read the Qur'an, at least.

What does Allah teach?

1. Reading - reading in general form. This can be anywhere. If Allah does not give us this advantage, we can not read anything at all.

2. Read the Qur'an - which is the book that contains this lesson that is being studied.

If we take the understanding from both, then we can conclude that we have not read the truth, as long as we do not read the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the most important reading. It is a book that we should read many times and learn non-stop.

The wisdom that is in it will not be exhausted for us to learn. Imagine someone who spent countless years studying the Qur'an but still learning. Not exhausted to learn from the verses of God.

[1] Tafsur Ibn Kathir

[2]Tafsir Surah Rahman Ayat 1 – 16 (Kenanglah rahmat Allah kepada kita), https://tafsirsunnah.me/2014/07/02/rahman-1-16/. Retrived 4th Feb 2018.

The above article was rewritten based on the secondary sources. Any errors may occur & the primary sources is referred to as the correct one.