37ـ أشْرَفُ العِلْمِ ما ظَهَرَ فِي الجَوارِحِ والأرْكانِ.

37ـ أشْرَفُ العِلْمِ ما ظَهَرَ فِي الجَوارِحِ والأرْكانِ. The most victorious of all people is he who overpowers his vain desire with his knowledge. 38ـ أوْضَعُ العِلْمِ ما وَقَفَ عَلَى اللِّسانِ. The most important knowledge for you is that without which [your good] action is not accepted. 39ـ أغْلَبُ النّاسِ مَنْ غَلَبَ هَواهُ بِعِلْمِهِ. The most obligatory knowledge for you [to acquire] is that which you are responsible for acting upon.

40ـ أوْلَى العِلْمِ بِكَ ما لا يُتَقَبَّلُ العَمَلُ إلاّ بِهِ. The most necessary knowledge for you is that which guides you to rectitude of your religion and separates you from its corruption.[^2] 41ـ أوْجَبُ العِلْمِ عَلَيْكَ ما أنْتَ مَسْؤُلٌ عَنِ العَمَلِ بِهِ. The knowledge with the most praiseworthy end is that which increases your [good] actions in this world and draws you nearer [to the mercy of Allah] in the Hereafter.

42ـ ألْزَمُ العِلْمِ بِكَ ما دَلَّكَ عَلى صَلاحِ دينِكَ، وأبانَ لَكَ عَنْ فَسادِهِ. Verily the best of knowledge is [that which leads to] tranquillity and forbearance. 43ـ أحْمَدُ العِلْمِ عاقِبَةً ما زادَ في عَمَلِكَ فِي العاجِلِ، وأزْلَفَكَ فِي الآجِلِ. Indeed fire is not diminished by what is taken from it but is extinguished when it does not find firewood; similarly, knowledge is not depleted by being acquired but the miserliness of those who possess it is the cause of its absence.

44ـ إنَّ أفْضَلَ العِلْمِ السَّكينَةُ، والحِلْمُ. Verily Allah, the Glorified, bestows wealth to the one whom He loves and the one whom He hates, but He does not grant knowledge except to the one whom He loves. 45ـ إنَّ النّارَ لايَنْقُصُها ما أُخِذَ مِنْهُ، ولكِنْ يُخْمِدُها أنْ لاتَجِدَ حَطَباً، وَكَذلِكَ العِلْمُ لايُفْنيهِ الاِقتِباسُ، لكِنْ بُخْلُ الحامِلِينَ لَهُ سَبَبُ عَدَمِهِ. Verily knowledge guides, directs and saves while ignorance misguides, misdirects and destroys.

46ـ إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ يَمْنَحُ المالَ مَنْ يُحِبُّ ويُبْغِضُ ولايَمْنَحُ العِلْمَ إلاّ مَنْ أحَبَّ. Knowledge rescues. 47ـ إنَّ العِلْمَ يَهْدي، ويُرْشِدُ، ويُنْجي، وإنَّ الجَهْلَ يُغْوي، ويُضِلُّ، ويُرْدي. Knowledge is through understanding. 48ـ اَلعِلْمُ يُنْجِدُ. Knowledge is a treasure. 49ـ اَلعِلْمُ بِالفَهْمِ. Knowledge is honour, obedience is [a] refuge. 50ـ اَلْعِلْمُ كَنْزٌ. Knowledge is a guide. 51ـ اَلْعِلْمُ عِزٌّ، اَلطّاعَةُ حِرْزٌ. Knowledge saves you, ignorance destroys you.

52ـ اَلْعِلْمُ دَليلٌ. Knowledge is loftiness, ignorance is misguidance. 53ـ اَلْعِلْمُ يُنْجيكَ، اَلجَهْلُ يُرْديكَ.