“Its insistence upon “knowledge” has no doubt made medieval Muslim civi lization one of great scholarly and scientifi c productivity, and through… — Franz Rosenthal Islam 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
“When Jesus was hailed with the words, “Blessed be the womb that bore you,” he retorted, “Blessed be the one whom God… — Franz Rosenthal Books 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
“The seekers after knowledge should, of course, not seek worldly knowledge and worldly gain but devote themselves to the denunciation of the… — Franz Rosenthal Fear 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,… — Franz Rosenthal God 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 that through whose existence he in whom it subsists is enabled to act in an orderly fashion and to… — Franz Rosenthal Knowledge 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 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
“An ignorant man is forgiven seventy sins, before one sin is forgiven to the person who possesses knowledge. Evil actions should not… — Franz Rosenthal Forgiveness 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
“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 Knowledge 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
“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
“The Misbâh has chapters on “knowledge” (- ilm, ch. 62), “certain knowledge” ( yaqîn, ch. 88), “wisdom” (hikmah, ch. 99), and “ignorance”… — Franz Rosenthal Fear 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
“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
“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
