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“In Arabic linguistic usage, we are told, the interpretation of “water” as knowledge is confirmed by the common fi gure of speech that calls a man of vast knowledge an “ocean.” Moreover, the comparison of water and knowledge suggests that just as those who would sail the sea without a ship would…” quote by Franz Rosenthal
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““In Arabic linguistic usage, we are told, the interpretation of “water” as knowledge is confirmed by the common fi gure of speech that calls a man of vast knowledge an “ocean.” Moreover, the comparison of water and knowledge suggests that just as those who would sail the sea without a ship would drown in it, those who look for knowledge among those who do not have it will perish.””

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