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Quran verses about Knowledge

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95 verses in 31 surahs · 15 subtopics

Knowledge is acquired through teaching and learning, these verses show; it raises the rank of those who possess it, leads to faith and obliges one to act as it requires. They censure arguing without knowledge, value understanding (fiqh), and recall what Allah has kept to His own knowledge, as well as how little knowledge man has been given.

Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.

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Man has been given but little knowledge · 1 verse

Al-Isra17:85

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۝٨٥

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.

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