“And it is said that each one of the numerous “stations” on the mystic path has a light of its own, and… — Franz Rosenthal Inner light 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
“One of the early Muslims, Ubâdah b. a - âmit (d. ca. 34/654–55), exhorted his son al-Walîd on his deathbed in these… — Franz Rosenthal Believe in god 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
“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
“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 Knowledge 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
“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
“Scholars who have to spend their time among ignoramuses, or, even worse, are under their control, are to be pitied. Knowledge, being… — Franz Rosenthal Knowledge 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
“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
“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 Knowledge 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 Copy Share Image
“Buzurjmihr esteems knowledge more highly than wealth, with reference to the anecdote cited below, According to the hadîth, flattery is permissible only… — Franz Rosenthal Keeping silent 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
“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
“Knowledge will not be taken away from mankind, but scholars will disappear. When no scholar remains, stupid men will be put in… — Franz Rosenthal Stupid men 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 Knowledge 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
“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
“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
“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
“Poetry is practically the only intellectual pursuit which we can be positive was highly developed and much practiced in pre-Islamic Arabia. It… — Franz Rosenthal Poetry 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
“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
