Question:
Can you please list the references to Ayat in the Holy Quran which highlight the status and importance of gaining knowledge in Islam?
Answer:
The Holy Quran & Knowledge (40 Points):
1. Necessity of learning. (“E’lamoo” 27 times)
2. Repeated blame on forsakers of knowledge. (e.g.6:50, 2:219, 7:176)
3. Emphasis on education. (e.g. 9:122 )
4. Knowledge, the goal of creation. (65:12)
5. Education, the goal of all the prophets’ missions. (2:151)
6. Reflection, the goal of the descending of the Quran. (e.g.38:29)
7. Insight, the goal of the Prophet’s ascension. (e.g.17:1)
8. ‘Read’, the first word of Allah in Islam. (96:1-5)
9. Knowledge is light & brightness. (13:16)
10. ‘The Learned’ only know the secret of the universe. (e.g. 30:22)
11. ‘Allah’, the first teacher. (2:31)
12. Knowledge, human’s privilege. (2:33)
13. The more you know the closer to God. (58:11)
14. ‘Prophets’ were seeking more knowledge. (e.g.20:114)
15. ‘Knowledge’ is man’s salvation key. (e.g.34:46)
16. Knowledge is a pride. (27:15-16)
17. Knowledge, the main condition of leadership. (eg.12:55)
18. Knowledge, the spring of faith. (e.g.34:6)
19. Knowledge, the spring of piety. (e.g.35:28)
20. Knowledge, the spring of Zohd (type of self-control). (28:80)
21. Knowledge, the spring of technological achievement. (28:78)
22. Knowledge is might. (27:40)
23. Knowledge is the spring of purification. (e.g.2:129)
24. Knowledge is the spring of patience. (e.g.18:68)
25. Knowledge, an abundant benefit. (2:269)
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26. The hellish are the ignorant. (7:179)
27. Ignorance is the source of declination. (8:22)
28. Ignorance is blindness. (13:19)
29. Living with ignorance is the lowest level of life. (22:5)
30. Ignorance is the source of blasphemy (Kofr). (e.g.7:138)
31. Ignorance is the main reason of failure. (8:65)
32. Ignorance is the source of publicizing corruption. (e.g.27:55)
33. Ignorance is the source of prejudice & stubbornness. (48:26)
34. Ignorance is the source of seeking excuses. (e.g.2:118)
35. Ignorance is the main reason of blindly mimicking.(21:52-54)
36. Ignorance is the main reason for disunity and conflicts. (59:14)
37. Ignorance is the main reason for pessimism. (3:154)
38. Ignorance is the source of rudeness. (49:4)
39. Ignorance is the main reason for social disasters & regret. (49:6)
40. Ignorance changes true evaluation. (2:216)
Answered by: Sheikh Mansour Leghaei
