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praiseworthy within a certain limit, that of sufficiency, but beyond that it ceases to
the praiseworthy.
The part whose partial and total knowledge is blameworthy is that, which has no
use either in the realm of religion or in the domain of life because its harmfulness
exceeds its utility, such as the science of magic, talismans and astrology.
The part whose knowledge, even to the limit of thoroughness, is praiseworthy is
the science of knowing Allah, His attributes and works as well as His Law, which
governs His creatures and His Wisdom in ordaining the superiority of the
Hereafter to this life. The knowledge of this is incumbent upon mankind both for
itself and also for attaining thereby the bliss of the Hereafter.
The sciences whose knowledge is praiseworthy up to a certain limit are those,
which we have already mentioned under the sciences the acquisition of whose
knowledge is a collective duty. Every one of these sciences has three stages;
first limitation (iqtisar), which stage is the primary, second moderation (iqtisad),
the praiseworthy.
The part whose partial and total knowledge is blameworthy is that, which has no
use either in the realm of religion or in the domain of life because its harmfulness
exceeds its utility, such as the science of magic, talismans and astrology.
The part whose knowledge, even to the limit of thoroughness, is praiseworthy is
the science of knowing Allah, His attributes and works as well as His Law, which
governs His creatures and His Wisdom in ordaining the superiority of the
Hereafter to this life. The knowledge of this is incumbent upon mankind both for
itself and also for attaining thereby the bliss of the Hereafter.
The sciences whose knowledge is praiseworthy up to a certain limit are those,
which we have already mentioned under the sciences the acquisition of whose
knowledge is a collective duty. Every one of these sciences has three stages;
first limitation (iqtisar), which stage is the primary, second moderation (iqtisad),