“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 Knowing 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
“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
“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 majority con- sensus, however, reached eventually was again expressed clearly and forcefully by al-Ghazzâlî: “The knowledge about (ma- rifah) God is… — Franz Rosenthal Human 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
“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
“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
“The primeval “pen,” for instance, is light, and the writing on the well- guarded tablet is a light of God, as the… — Franz Rosenthal Darkness 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
“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 Messiah (Jesus) says: “God shows the greatest hatred for a scholar who loves to be remembered when being abroad, who is… — Franz Rosenthal Jesus Says Copy Share Image
“Socrates “was asked why seawater had become salty. He replied: If you can indicate to me the use that will come to… — Franz Rosenthal Socrates Asked 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
“Knowledge means true leadership. Honor paid to a man because of his wealth or his power ought not to please him, because… — Franz Rosenthal Honor 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
“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
“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
“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
“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-Ghazzâlî expectedly takes a rather different approach in the preliminaries of his standard work on the principles of jurispru- dence, the Mustasfâ.… — Franz Rosenthal Different approach 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 Character 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
“Umar puts his awareness of the restlessness for more and more knowledge that possesses true scholars, in these words: “Scholars are more… — Franz Rosenthal Restlessness 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 Scholars Copy Share Image
