“The difference of opinions alone makes a person aware of possible mistakes of his teacher.” — Franz Rosenthal Education Copy Share Image
“Kings exercise control over people, and scholars exercise control over kings.” — Franz Rosenthal Fitness Copy Share Image
“1. “Knowledge is an attribute (sifah) through which ignorance, doubt, or conjecturing is removed from him who is alive.”129” — Franz Rosenthal Ignorance Copy Share Image
“God’s love is earned by a man through being a scholar and at the same time behaving as inconspicuously and modestly as… — Franz Rosenthal God 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 Knowledge 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 Blood relation Copy Share Image
“Among the four things a noble person need not be ashamed of is serving a scholar in order to learn from him.… — Franz Rosenthal Scholar 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 Book 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Love of what is good and useful, and hatred of what is ugly or evil and harmful are the conditions for success.… — Franz Rosenthal Business Copy Share Image
“At the peak of human gnosis, man’s knowledge of God may appear associated with the love of God. An early Sufi is… — Franz Rosenthal God Copy Share Image
“He cites Ibn as-Sîd al-Batalyawsî (d. 521/1127) to the effect that the higher the station is which a person reaches in the… — Franz Rosenthal Life 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 Knowledge 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 Communication 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“At the end of time, there will be scholars who will not practice what they preach. They will preach abstention from this… — Franz Rosenthal End of time 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 Business 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“The Messiah (Jesus) says: “God shows the greatest hatred for a scholar who loves to be remembered when being abroad, who is… — 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 Knowledge 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 Education Copy Share Image
“An apparently old and often cited dictum extolling the superiority of scholars over statesmen was attributed to the legendary grammarian of the… — Franz Rosenthal Political power 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Ibn Hazm subjects to his critique the four views concern- ing the sources of knowledge, that is, that all knowledge is derived… — Franz Rosenthal Blind trust Copy Share Image
“Nobility of birth was held in the lowest esteem of all the material advantages. It was certainly deemed by far less valuable… — Franz Rosenthal Ignorance 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 Knowledge 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Sufism made use of the material provided by religious scholars that described knowledge as light. Going far beyond it, Sufi thinking was… — Franz Rosenthal Light 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 Education 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 Friendship 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 Food and drink 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 Knowledge 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 Knowledge 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Al-Ghazzâlî expectedly takes a rather different approach in the preliminaries of his standard work on the principles of jurispru- dence, the Mustasfâ.… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Next to knowledge, commerce was the mainspring of the mobility of Muslim society. The power of money was fully understood by scholars.… — Franz Rosenthal Business 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“It is recommendable to study even at unusual hours: The Prophet woke up in the night and had his household awakened in… — Franz Rosenthal Family Copy Share Image
