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The second, the knowledge does not reduce with the spending, and the wealth reduces by it. The third, the wealth is needy to the protection, and the knowledge protects its owner. The fourth, the knowledge enters into the shroud and the wealth remains (outside). The fifth, the wealth is acquired by the believer as well as the non-believer, while the knowledge is not acquired except by the believer in particular.

The sixth, the entirety of the people are needy to the owner of the knowledge regarding the matters of their Religion and are not needy to the owner of the wealth. The seventh, the knowledge would strengthen the man upon the passing over the Bridge (Hereafter), and the wealth would prevent him .

[21] And ‘ The knowledge is an honourable inheritance, and the ethics are an excellent garment, and the thinking is a clear mirror, and the apology is an advisory warner, and sufficient for yourself is the ethic of leaving what you dislike for the others’ .

[22] The Position of Sceptics of Islam: The sceptics criticise some of the followers of Islam, that they have initially refused to embrace some of the scientific innovations and later became fond of those, e.g., Mullahs [23] issued decrees against loud speakers, but gradually fell in love with its capabilities.

It’s not only Muslims, scientific advances have been met with severe hostilities from other religious bodies, due to lack of understanding and conservatism, e.g., Galileo Galilei [24] The fear of heretics and lack of the understanding of their own religious books prompted the opposition of clergy to the scientific discoveries.

Gradually, people realised that science does not contradict the teachings of Almighty God but the unfounded fears were promoted by the lack of understanding of the interpretation of Divine Books, whereas scientific approach has always been based on searching for the answers to natural phenomena. In Islam, development of scientific knowledge, over the years, has led to the use of, terminologies foreign to religion, which were difficult to corelate to the interpretations of the Holy Quran.