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Because You Can’t Have an Intellectual Revolution Without The Intellect . . .
“For everything there is an instrument and a tool, and the instrument of the believer is his intellect: for everything there is a mainstay, and the mainstay of man is his intellect; for everything there is a support, and the support of religion is the intellect; for every group of me there is a goal, and the goal of the worshippers is the intellect; for every people there is a missionary (who calls them to true faith), and the missionary of the devout is the intellect; for every merchant there are goods and merchandise, and the merchandise of the scholars is the intellect; for every house there is a keeper, and the keeper of the houses of the saints is the intellect; for every ruin there is rehabilitation, and the rehabilitation of death is the intellect; for every man there is a offspring who bears his name and perpetuates his memory, and the offsprings of the saints, who bear their names, and perpetuate their memory , are their intellects; and finally for every journey there is a shelter, and the shelter of the believers is the intellect“.
-Muhammad (saw)-
From “The Book of Knowledge” by Imam Ghazzali (r)
Sphere: Related ContentPublished February 23, 2006 . Filed under: Functional Literacy Project

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thats an amazing quote. gave me chills.
by the way. you should post an outline elaborating your “islamist papers” idea.
February 25, 2006 @ 12:19 am
I’m working on it.
I have some older outlines/drafts of the topics, but I haven’t been able to systematically sit down and hammer it out.
If you go to my website: http://www.geocities.com/fbzaman007
Then click “writings” and then scroll down to “islamic papers”, you can see some of the other stuff.
February 25, 2006 @ 10:10 am