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Islam laid a great' deal of stress
on educational aspect from beginning, because of its importance in the life of
human beings. The first verses of the Holy Qur'an which were revealed ordered
the prophet to read. they say:
"Read, in the name of thy
Lord, Who created
Created man from a cloth of
congealed blood
Read! and thy Lord is most
bountiful.
He who taught the use of the pen
Taught man that which he knew
not."
This leads us to understand that
muslims should gain as much knowledge as they can, because the holy Qur'an also
considers knowledge as light and ignorance as darkness and considers the
knowledgeable man as a live man and the ignorant man as a dead man and that
those who have knowledge fear God most for Allah says:
“Those truly fear God
Among His servants, who have
knowledge”
“The blind and the seeing
Are not a like. Nor are the depths
Of darkness and the Light.”
There
are many sayings of the prophet which encourage Muslims to seek knowledge from
the beginning oftheir lives until the
end, and whichalso consider knowledge as the way which leads to paradise.
First
he said: “seek knowledge from the womb to the grave, “and he also said:
“Whoever sets foot on their way to knowledge, Allah directs him to the way to
paradise”
Once the prophet entered the mosque,
and found two groups of muslims sitting there. One of them was occupied in
contemplation of God, and the others
were studying and this was a sign that he appreciated their way and encouraged
Muslims to seek knowledge by any means. In another Hadith he said:
“ The angels spread down their wings in
appreciation for the seeker of knowledge.”
The
prophet not only gave verbal encouragement to people to seek knowledge but took
every cance to provide opportunities for a large number of people learn to read
and write, as this is a way to knowledge. This is clearly illustrated after the
Battle of badr, when the Muslims took a number of presioners from the Quraysh
in the battle. Some ofthem were literate. The ransom of those who could read
and write was that they should teach Muslim children to read and write.
When you read the Holy Qur’an you
will find many verses urging Muslim to study what They see around them on earth
and in the sky and to use these things for the benefit of Muslim society. They
cannot use them correctly unless they have some knowledge, and knowledgeable
people are of high rank in the sight of God – for the Holy Qur’an says:
“Those
who know and those who do not know cannot beregarded as equal.”
The muslim people
understood clearly the approach of islam towards education. Therefore they
started to gain knowledge, taking the guidance of the holy Qur’an as a light to show the right way. And therefore
they established Islamic civilisation which prevailed troughout most of the
world, and gave human beings the benefit
which they got from the teaching of the Holy Qur’an, and the history of Islam
is full of famous muslim thinkers in every branch of knowledge: philosophy,
law, science, astronomy and art.klikhttp://www.habibluthfiyahya.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120%3Afenomena-fpi-&catid=36%3Atanya-jawab&Itemid=54&lang=id
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