2 Preface خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ مِن عَلَقٍYusuf AliCreated man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:1Cf. 23:14. The lowly origin of the animal in man is contrasted with the high destiny offered to him in his intellectual, moral, and spiritual nature by his “most bountiful” Creator. No knowledge is withheld from man. On the contrary, through the faculties freely given to him, he acquires it in such measure as outstrips his immediate understanding, and leads him ever to strive for newer and newer meaning.