Thursday, 30 December 2010

"If knowledge had a face"

Ibn Al-Qayyim writes:

لو صُور العلم صورة ؛ لكانت أجمل من الشمس والقمر
ENGLISH:

"If knowledge had a face, it would have been more beautiful than the shams wal qamar (sun and the moon)".

NEDERLANDS:

"Als kennis een gezicht had, dan zou die mooier zijn geweest dan de shams wal qamar (zon en de maan)".

["Rawdatul Muhibeen", 301].

2 comments:

  1. Loved this quote

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  2. And how can you not, when Ibn Al-Qayyim said it? : )
    His words were always gold, Masha'Allaah!

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