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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam ‘Ali’s First Treatise On The Islamic Ethics And Education Illuminate your heart with Wisdom ==================================== ونوره بالحكمة"" Wisdom is a truth which is taught by all Prophets.[^1] This is especially true in the case of our Prophet (S) who has put wisdom on his instructive agenda: "وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمْ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ"289 "…and teaches them the Book and the wisdom." The holy Qur’an defines wisdom as the greatest divine asset, and emphasizes: "وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا 290" "…and whoever is granted wisdom, he, in deed, is given a great good." Finally, wisdom is introduced as the light of any wise and pious person’s heart: a heart with no wisdom is deprived of divine light: “Wisdom is the light of every heart”.

[^2] ""اِنَّ الحِكْمَةَ نُورُ كُلِّ قَلْب It is for this very reason that Imam ‘Ali (as) orders his son to illuminate his heart with wisdom. With regards to the special role of wisdom in Islam, it is necessary to delve into the truth behind wisdom and its consequences: What is Wisdom?

Hikmah or wisdom originally means "to arrive at rightousness by knowledge and reasoning." In the same way that a horse is made tame by giving it a bridle ( hakamah ), man, too, by acquiring wisdom and by arriving at the right through knowledge and reasoning, is saved from wrong-doing.[^3] Although in some traditions the word wisdom ( hikmah ) is interpreted to mean "knowledge in religion" and in some other traditions it is taken to mean "understanding," and still in others it is taken to mean "knowledge about Imams," with regards to the fact that the word " hikmah " in the Qur’an is used for Luqman, who was not a prophet,[^4] "وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقْمَانَ الْحِكْمَةَ"294 "…and certainly we gave wisdom to Luqman" And because of the fact that the Prophet (S) was appointed to call people to Islam through wisdom, good exhortation, and appropriate debate,[^5] and it was not possible to invite people to Islam only through verses of Qur’an (without using wisdom and reasoning), and also due to the fact that the Qur’an on several occasions used the word " hikmah " after the word kitab (Book), this word it taken by some to mean tradition, and by others philosophy or commandments or reasoning.[^6] We conclude that " hikmah " does not mean the above interpretations singly; rather, each one of those interpretations defines only one aspect of the word.