Friday, 22 September 2017

Wisdom

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

269. Yu/tee alhikmata man yashao waman yu/ta alhikmata faqad ootiya khayran katheeran wama yaththakkaru illa oloo al-albabi

269. He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and whoever is granted wisdom, is indeed given a great wealth. And none remember it except those endowed with insight.506

506. A wise man has a long-pterm and wide-ranging perspective. A fool, on the other hand, looks only to immediate and visible gains. The latter is easily enticed by the glamour of this world that inevitably lands him into trouble. But the wise man does not get ensnared in the pomp and glitter of worldly life. He ponders over his real Creator, and over the purpose for which he is created by that Creator. He understands that this worldly life is not the be-all and end-all of his existence. His deeds are influenced and conditioned by that wider perspective, and make him eligible for the ultimate success, here and in the Hereafter.


Friday, the 22nd of September 2017.

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