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.”
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.”