Quote by Franz Rosenthal

“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…

— Franz Rosenthal

“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…

— Franz Rosenthal

“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

“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…

— Franz Rosenthal

“1. “Knowledge is an attribute (sifah) through which ignorance, doubt, or conjecturing is removed from him who is alive.”129”

— Franz Rosenthal

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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