O youth.......be assured that knowledge alone does not strengthen the hand......Though a man read a hundred thousand scientific questions and underst… - Al-Ghazali

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O youth.......be assured that knowledge alone does not strengthen the hand......Though a man read a hundred thousand scientific questions and understood them or learned them, but did not work with them — -They do not benefit him except by working.....Knowledge is the tree, and working is its fruit; and though you studied a hundred years and assembled a thousand books, you would not be prepared for the mercy of Allah the Exalted except by working.

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Al-Ghazali (/ˈɡɑːzɑːli/; full name Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي; latinized Algazelus or Algazel, c. 1058 – 19 December 1111) was a Persian polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosopher, theologian, jurist, logician and mystic of Islam.

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Native Name: أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي
Alternative Names: Ghazzoliĭ, Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ, Al-Ghazzali Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī Algazelus Algazel Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali Al-Gonzzali Ghonzzali Ghazzālī

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ما دُمتَ ملوثا بما سوى الله فلا بُد لك من نفي لا إله, و إذا غبتَ عن الكل في مشاهدة صاحب الكل, استرحتَ من نفي لا إله, و وصلتَ إلى الإثبات قل الله ثم ذرهم في خوضهم يلعبون

For 'tis a hazardous thing to plunge into the fathomless sea of the Divine mysteries; and hard, hard it is to essay the discovery of the Lights Supernal that are beyond the Veil.

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