“The Misbâh has chapters on “knowledge” (- ilm, ch. 62), “certain knowledge” ( yaqîn, ch. 88), “wisdom” (hikmah, ch. 99), and “ignorance” ( jahl, ch. 77). The chapters are spread over the whole, work seemingly without any clear motivation justifying… — 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 relations. Knowledge is rather something to be shared. It is restricted to an elite, since the ignorant are… — 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 the manner in which memorized knowledge can be acquired, exclaimed, “Lamp oil, lamp oil” (al-bizr al-bizr), and a poor student later to become a famous scholar, Abû Hâtim (as-Sijistânî?), being unable to buy lamp oil, used… — 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 thus is comparable to the strength of a lion which always stays with him.” — 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 Image
“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 certainly no forerunner of Sufism): “Study knowledge, for studying knowledge is the fear of God. Searching for knowledge is the worship of Him. Learning knowledge is the glorification of Him. Doing research in knowledge is a… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
