The Holy Prophet (s) himself used to seek more knowledge by...

The Holy Prophet (s) himself used to seek more knowledge by the following supplication that Almighty Allāh taught him in the Holy Qur’ān [20:114]:  وَقُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا  “And say: O my Lord increase me in knowledge.” And saying: مَا عَرَفْنَاَكَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِكَ. “We have not known your reality completely.” The solution to this hunger too is taqwā .

The following two verses clearly prove this contention: Chapter al-Baqarā: 2:282:  وَاتَّقُوا اللٌّهَ وَ يُعَلِّمُكُمُ اللٌّهُ  “And adopt taqwā, and Allāh will teach you.” Chapter al-Anfāl: 8:29:  يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَتَّقُوا اللٌّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ فُرْقَانًا  “O believers, if you be God-wary (observe piety) Allāh shall enable you to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.” Hunger from A Mystical Dimension: The late mystic-scholar as well as teacher of Āyatullāh Khumaynī, Āyatullāh Malikī Tabrīzī in his well-known manual of devotions “ al-Murāqibāt ” explains the ample benefits of hunger for the spiritual traveler by mentioning some of the following traditions: The Holy Prophet (s) is reported to have said: أَفْضَلُكُم