 Thus...

 Thus, it is the source of faith and its prosperity;  It is the fountain-head of knowledge and its vastness;  The meadow of justice and its flowing streams;  The support of Islam and its foundation;  The valleys of the truth and its fields;  An ocean that shall not be drained by those who draw upon it;  A spring that shall not be exhausted by those who draw from it;  A watering place that shall not be depleted by those who come to it;  A station whose road the travelers do not miss;  A signpost which the wayfarers will always see;  The hilltops that cannot be bypassed by those who seek them.

 God has made it the quencher of the thirst of scholars,  A vernal season for the hearts of the jurists,  A destination for the path of the righteous,  A cure after which there is no malady,  A light which does not alternate with darkness,  A rope whose knots are firm,  A stronghold whose peak is impregnable.  It is power for whoever cultivates it,  Peace for whoever dwells on it,  A guidance for…