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Living The Quran
Knowledge of God
Al Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - Chapter 22: Verse 8
"Yet, there are some people who argue about God without any knowledge or guidance or even an enlightened book!"
The verse cites three sources that one should base oneself on to have correct knowledge of God. These are:
i) knowledge obtained through the study of, and reflection on, the creation in the light of the Revelation, direct observation and first-hand experience
ii) knowledge gained indirectly from some evidence or as a result of the guidance of a knowledgeable person
iii) knowledge gained from the Scriptures, which illuminates minds and hearts
Compiled From:
"The Holy Quran: Guidance for Life" - Yahiya Emerick, p. 292
"Towards Understanding The Quran" - Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi, Vol. 6, p. 12
"The Quran: Annotated Interpretation in Modern English" - Ali Unal, p. 684
This is a very important subject that all of us must spend more time learning about God.Knowledge is a pre-requisite to iman.Iman cannot exists in vacuum without knowledge.May Allah gives us more knowledge to strenghten our iman and gets us closer to Him.Again,may I qoute Tan Sri Prof Dr Syed Naquib al-Attas:Knowledge comes with the arrival of meaning or the meaning arrives at the soul.
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