For the first few years of Islam, the Quran consisted of only five verses: "READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created, created man out of a germ-cell! Read for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One who has taught [man] the use of the pen taught man what he did not know! (96:1-5)Channel Text Copyright Waleed Higgins 2020All Quran verses are from Muhammad Asad's The Message of the Quran