“1. “Knowledge is an attribute (sifah) through which ignorance, doubt, or conjecturing is removed from him who is alive.”129” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“A man remains knowing as long as he searches for knowledge and continues to study. When he thinks he knows, he has… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Your knowledge belongs to your spirit. Your wealth belongs to your body.” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge without action is like a bow without a string.” A relationship as close as blood relationship must be established between knowledge… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“A book of the Indians (that is, Kalîlah wa-Dimnah) teaches that a scholar’s knowledge accompanies him and provides for him wherever he… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The knowledge scholars possess causes them to act. Eventually, they will be sought after by the people, but as true scholars, they… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is the arrival (wusûl ) of the soul at the meaning (manâ) of a thing.” Qinâlîzâdeh, who considers this the best… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“In the preceding century, the philosopher al-Kindi had defined wisdom as the "the excellence of the (rational) power, the knowledge of the… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The seekers after knowledge should, of course, not seek worldly knowledge and worldly gain but devote themselves to the denunciation of the… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The man who has knowledge is considered most outstanding among people, Even if he does not occupy a position of nobility among… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Scholars who have to spend their time among ignoramuses, or, even worse, are under their control, are to be pitied. Knowledge, being… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Teachers must not be too severe, and students must not be bashful. According to Luqmân, a dignifi ed quiet on the part… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“In Arabic linguistic usage, we are told, the interpretation of “water” as knowledge is confirmed by the common fi gure of speech… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is that which the soul desires.”136 8. “Knowledge is the falling of the soul (’s sight)137 upon that which is concealed… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“A sage said to his son: You must concern yourself with knowledge, for the least benefi t it confers upon the person… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The proper respect to be shown to scholars is described by Alî in detail. He is credited with the constantly repeated statement… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“As far as the praise of knowledge is concerned, al-Askarî otherwise restricts himself to some of the more ordinary statements, such as… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The majority con- sensus, however, reached eventually was again expressed clearly and forcefully by al-Ghazzâlî: “The knowledge about (ma- rifah) God is… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“An ignorant man is forgiven seventy sins, before one sin is forgiven to the person who possesses knowledge. Evil actions should not… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The educational element in the adab discussion of knowledge is unmistakable in a monograph entitled “The Encouragement of Seeking and Being Eager… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Further, a discerning and discriminating person must realize that a man who possesses knowledge is nobler in every conceivable respect than a… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Ilm is rather a comprehensive term, for the Prophet has said: “Knowledge consists of three things, a clear verse (of the Qur-… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Altogether there is little that can be said about "knowledge" in pre-Islamic Arabia. There existed, it seems, an original elementary concept of… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge,” which for al-Qônawî is never very far from Sufi gnosis, is “an abstract universal reality,” or “a single universal reality.” In… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Ash-Shâfi i paid no attention to a slave girl given to him by friends who wants to sleep with him. Abû Hanîfah,… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Umar b. al-Khattâb contributes the rather resigned insight that men are never as jealous of knowledge as they are of their wives.… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Their concept of knowledge was eloquently expressed, for instance, by Muâdh b. Jabal (d. 18/639, one of the trusted lieutenants of the… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The search for knowledge demands foregoing the pleasures of companionship, but this is usually understood to mean frivolous and unprofi table human… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The all-sustaining power of knowledge is captured in the simile of knowledge being food for the soul. Various versions of it are… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Al-Askarî gives examples of the high esteem shown to scholars and the important position in society they occupy, often in spite of… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“13. “Knowledge stands for the arrival (husûl ) in the soul of some concept (ma- na) in a way that does not… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“1. “Knowledge is the revelation (tajallî ) of things themselves.”130 Note the use of the verb tajallâ in D-10. 2. “Knowledge is… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“The Misbâh has chapters on “knowledge” (- ilm, ch. 62), “certain knowledge” ( yaqîn, ch. 88), “wisdom” (hikmah, ch. 99), and “ignorance”… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“And it is said that each one of the numerous “stations” on the mystic path has a light of its own, and… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“According to the Prophet, the four blemishes of knowledge are boasting of one’s knowledge and feeling superior on account of it to… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge means true leadership. Honor paid to a man because of his wealth or his power ought not to please him, because… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“1. “Knowledge is that through whose existence he in whom it subsists is enabled to act in an orderly fashion and to… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Saying, I do not know,’ constitutes one half of knowledge” is both a Prophetical tradition and a saying found in Graeco-Arabic wisdom… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Among the conventional adab anthologies, we encounter a somewhat different organization of the traditional material in the Kitâb Adab ad- dunyâ wa-d-dîn… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Ash-Shâfi i paid no attention to a slave girl given to him by friends who wants to sleep with him. Abû Hanîfah, asked about… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“A book of the Indians (that is, Kalîlah wa-Dimnah) teaches that a scholar’s knowledge accompanies him and provides for him wherever he goes, and… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Its insistence upon “knowledge” has no doubt made medieval Muslim civi lization one of great scholarly and scientifi c productivity, and through it, Muslim… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Their concept of knowledge was eloquently expressed, for instance, by Muâdh b. Jabal (d. 18/639, one of the trusted lieutenants of the Prophet, and… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“1. “Knowledge is an attribute (sifah) through which ignorance, doubt, or conjecturing is removed from him who is alive.”129” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Knowledge,” which for al-Qônawî is never very far from Sufi gnosis, is “an abstract universal reality,” or “a single universal reality.” In contrast to… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Al-Askarî gives examples of the high esteem shown to scholars and the important position in society they occupy, often in spite of their lowly… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“The seekers after knowledge should, of course, not seek worldly knowledge and worldly gain but devote themselves to the denunciation of the world, to… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“A man remains knowing as long as he searches for knowledge and continues to study. When he thinks he knows, he has become ignorant.” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“The intellect itself was unable to state who God was, until God anointed its eyes with the light of divine uniqueness, for, as al-Kalâbâdhî… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“In Arabic linguistic usage, we are told, the interpretation of “water” as knowledge is confirmed by the common fi gure of speech that calls… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Knowledge without action is like a bow without a string.” A relationship as close as blood relationship must be established between knowledge and action.… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Kings exercise control over people, and scholars exercise control over kings.” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“Your knowledge belongs to your spirit. Your wealth belongs to your body.” — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
“When Jesus was hailed with the words, “Blessed be the womb that bore you,” he retorted, “Blessed be the one whom God taught His… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share
