قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٣٢
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
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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- All verses 95
- By knowledge alone people are distinguished in this world 4
- It is wrong to argue without knowledge 14
- Teaching is among the tasks of the Messenger ﷺ 3
- Asking the scholars is an obligation 2
- The necessity of acting on what knowledge requires 8
- Knowledge comes through teaching and learning 15
- Knowledge raises the rank of its possessor 10
- Knowledge is a path to faith 8
- Knowledge is the basis of evaluation and judgment 4
- The trial of being deluded by knowledge 1
- Above every knower is one more knowing 1
- Man has been given but little knowledge 1
- Whoever says “I do not know” has given an answer 5
- What Allah has kept to His own knowledge 9
- Understanding (al-fiqh) 12
- Urging to seek deep understanding (tafaqquh) 3
- Censure of the heedless who do not understand 9
Whoever says “I do not know” has given an answer · 5 verses
يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ ١٠٩
[Be warned of] the Day when Allāh will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen" -
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ١٨٧
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٥١
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا ٦٣
People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."
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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.