Imam Shafii on the Nature of Knowledge
قال الإمام الشافعي:
“العلم بطيء اللزام، بعيدُ المرام، لا يُدرك بالسهام، ولا يُرى في المنام، ولا يورث عن الآباءِ والأعمام؛ إنما هو شجرةٌ لا تصلحُ إلا بالغرس، ولا تغرس إلا في النَّفس، ولا تُسقى إلا بالدَّرس، ولا يحصل إلا لمن أنفقَ العينين؛ وجثا على الركبتين.”
“العلم بطيء اللزام، بعيدُ المرام، لا يُدرك بالسهام، ولا يُرى في المنام، ولا يورث عن الآباءِ والأعمام؛ إنما هو شجرةٌ لا تصلحُ إلا بالغرس، ولا تغرس إلا في النَّفس، ولا تُسقى إلا بالدَّرس، ولا يحصل إلا لمن أنفقَ العينين؛ وجثا على الركبتين.”
Imam Shafii said:
“Knowledge is slow to be acquired; its attainment is distant. It cannot be attained by arrows, nor seen in dreams, nor inherited from fathers and uncles. Rather, it is a tree that only grows through planting, and it is only planted in the soul. It is only watered through study, and it is only attained by those who spend their eyes and kneel on their knees.”
“Knowledge is slow to be acquired; its attainment is distant. It cannot be attained by arrows, nor seen in dreams, nor inherited from fathers and uncles. Rather, it is a tree that only grows through planting, and it is only planted in the soul. It is only watered through study, and it is only attained by those who spend their eyes and kneel on their knees.”
— Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i (150-204 AH)
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