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the
knowledge of Allah‟s Attributes that admonish and scare the worshipper in order that the heart
fears and
inclines to the avoidance of sin, thereby avoiding hell. As Allah the High said, “had a group
of each learned
the jurisprudence and returned toward their folks…”
And among these people are those who focused, within the science of jurisprudence, only the matters
of
disputation. They cared only about how to debate, argue, and overcome opponents, even pushing the
truth
in order to win and how to be proud about it. So all day and night they search in the different
gaps between
doctrines and look for the shortcomings of peers and so forth. So indeed this group is not really
intent on
knowledge, rather they intend the fame and fondness of peers.
Had they occupied themselves with purifying their hearts it would have been better for them than
knowledge
knowledge of Allah‟s Attributes that admonish and scare the worshipper in order that the heart
fears and
inclines to the avoidance of sin, thereby avoiding hell. As Allah the High said, “had a group
of each learned
the jurisprudence and returned toward their folks…”
And among these people are those who focused, within the science of jurisprudence, only the matters
of
disputation. They cared only about how to debate, argue, and overcome opponents, even pushing the
truth
in order to win and how to be proud about it. So all day and night they search in the different
gaps between
doctrines and look for the shortcomings of peers and so forth. So indeed this group is not really
intent on
knowledge, rather they intend the fame and fondness of peers.
Had they occupied themselves with purifying their hearts it would have been better for them than
knowledge