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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Cognizance Cognizance-المعرفة Cognizance is perplexity and being devoid of it is dim-sightedness. 1ـ اَلمَعْرِفَةُ دَهَشٌ، والخُلُوُّ مِنْها غَطَشٌ. The most excellent cognizance is the human being’s cognizance of himself. 2ـ أفْضَلُ المَعْرِفَةِ، مَعْرِفَةُ الإنْسانِ نَفْسَهُ. Of all the people, the most cognizant of himself is the most fearful of his Lord.

3ـ أكْثَرُ النّاسِ مَعْرِفَةً لِنَفْسِهِ أخْوَفُهُمْ لِرَبِّهِ. The person most cognizant of his age is the one who is not astonished by its events. 4ـ أعْرَفُ النّاسِ بِالزَّمانِ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَعَجَّبْ مِنْ أحْداثِهِ. Cognizance is the light of the heart. 5ـ اَلمَعْرِفَةُ نُورُ القَلْبِ. Cognizance is the successful attainment of [purification and] the sacred. 6ـ اَلمَعْرِفَةُ اَلفَوْزُ بِالقُدْسِ. Cognizance is the evidence of excellence (or nobility).

7ـ اَلمَعْرِفَةُ بُرْهانُ الفَضْلِ(النُّبْلِ). The fruit of cognizance is becoming averse to the evanescent abode. 8ـ ثَمَرَةُ المََعْرِفَةِ العُزُوفُ عَنْ دارِ الفَناءِ. Many a cognizance leads to misguidance. 9ـ رُبَّ مَعْرِفَة أدَّتْ إلى تَضليل. Allah is known by the revocation of resolutions, the undoing of binds and the relieving of hardship and affliction from the one whose intention is sincere.

10ـ عُرِفَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِفَسْخِ العَزائِمِ، وحَلِّ العُقُودِ وكَشْفِ الضُّـرِّ، وَالبَلِيَّةِ عَمَّنْ أخْلَصَ لَهُ النِّيَّةَ. The pinnacle of cognizance is fear [of Allah]. 11 ـ غايَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ اَلخَشْيَةُ. The pinnacle of cognizance is for a person to know himself. 12ـ غايَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ أنْ يَعْرِفَ المَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ. It is a sufficient cognizance for a person to know himself. 13ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ مَعْرِفَةً أنْ يَعْرِفَ نَفْسَهُ.

The conception of cognizance is through learning knowledge. 14ـ لِقاحُ المَعْرِفَةِ دِراسَةُ العِلْمِ. One whose cognizance is sound, his soul and his endeavour turns away from the evanescent world. 15ـ مَنْ صَحَّتْ مَعْرِفَتُهُ اِنْصَرَفَتْ عَنِ العالَمِ الفاني نَفْسُهُ وَهِمَّتُهُ. The cognizance of a scholar is the devoutness through which Allah is worshipped, through it the human being gains obedience in his lifetime and a beautiful remembrance after his death.

16ـ مَعْرِفَةُ العالِمِ دينٌ يُدانُ، بِهِ يَكْسِبُ الإنْسانُ الطّاعَةَ في حَياتِهِ، وَجَميلَ الأُحْدُوثَةِ بَعْدَ وَفاتِهِ.