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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Knowledge Knowledge-العلم Knowledge guides [one] to the truth. 1ـ اَلْعِلْمُ يَهْدي إلَى الحَقِّ. Knowledge is the lamp of the intellect and the fountain of excellence. 2ـ اَلْعِلْمُ مِصْباحُ العَقْلِ، ويَنْبُوعُ الفَضْلِ. Knowledge is the killer of ignorance and the earner of nobility. 3ـ اَلْعِلْمُ قاتِلُ الجَهْلِ، ومُكْسِبُ النُّبْلِ. Knowledge without action is a plague.

4ـ اَلْعِلْمُ بِلاعَمَل وَبالٌ. Knowledge is a great treasure that does not get exhausted. 5ـ اَلْعِلْمُ كَنْزٌ عَظيمٌ لايَفْنى. Knowledge is one of the two lives. 6ـ اَلْعِلْمُ أحَدُ الحَياتَيْنِ. Knowledge is the better of the two intimate companions. 7ـ اَلْعِلْمُ أفْضَلُ الأنْيسَيْنِ. Knowledge is the better of the two beauties. 8 ـ اَلْعِلْمُ أفْضَلُ الجَمالَيْنِ. Knowledge about Allah is the better of the two types of knowledge. 9ـ اَلْعِلْمُ باللّهِ أفْضَلُ العِلْمَينِ.

Knowledge is an honourable heritage and a universal blessing. 10ـ اَلْعِلْمُ وِراثَةٌ كَريمَةٌ، ونِعْمَةٌ عَمِيمَةٌ. Knowledge saves [one] from being entangled in perplexity. 11ـ اَلْعِلْمُ يُنْجي مِنَ الاِرْتباكِ فِي الحِيْـرَةِ. Knowledge is evidence of intellect, so the one who knows has intelligence. 12ـ اَلْعِلْمُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى العَقْلِ فَمَنْ عَلِمَ عَقَلَ. Knowledge is the enlivener of the soul, the illuminator of the intellect and the annihilator of ignorance.

13ـ اَلْعِلْمُ مُحْيِي النَّفْسِ ومُنِيرُ العَقْلِ، ومُمِيتُ الجَهْلِ. Knowledge is the fruit of wisdom and rightness is from its branches. 14ـ اَلْعِلْمُ ثَمَرَةُ الحِكْمَةِ والصَّوابُ مِنْ فُرُوعِها. Knowledge is the greatest honour for the one who has no [honourable] past. 15ـ اَلْعِلْمُ أفْضَلُ شَرَفِ مَنْ لاقَديْمَ لَهُ. Knowledge is greater than can be encompassed [in its totality], so take the best from every [branch of] knowledge.

16ـ اَلْعِلْمُ أكْثَرُ مِنْ أنْ يُحاطَ بِهِ، فَخُذُوا مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْم أحْسَنَهُ. Knowledge is a governor while wealth is governed. 17ـ اَلْعِلْمُ حاكِمٌ، وَالمالُ مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْهِ. Knowledge guides you towards that which Allah has commanded you to do and renunciation of worldly pleasures makes the path to it easier for you. 18ـ اَلْعِلْمُ يُرْشِدُكَ إلى ما أمَرَكَ اللّهُ بِهِ، والزُّهْدُ يُسَهِّلُ لَكَ الطَّريقَ إلَيْهِ.

Knowledge is better than wealth; knowledge guards you while you guard wealth. 19ـ اَلْعِلْمُخَيْرٌ مِنَ المالِ، اَلْعِلْمُ يَحْرُسُكَ وأنْتَ تَحْرُسُ المالَ.