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the Qur’ān appears to be interested in three types knowledge for man. One is the knowledge of nature which has been made subservient to man, i.e., the physical sciences. The second crucial type is the knowledge of history (and geography): the Qur’ān persistently asks man to "travel on the earth" and see for himself what happened to bygone civilizations and why they rose and fell. The third is the knowledge of man himself. ↗

— Fazlur Rahman

#nature

The decadence which did occur in the Islamic world belongs to a much later period of Islamic history than is usually claimed. This fact would be fully substantiated if the integral history of Islamic science and civilization were to be written one day. Unfortunately to this day such a detailed history does not exist and moreover much of the scholarly work that has been done in this field has been carried out by Western scholars who have been naturally primarily interested in those aspects of the Islamic sciences that have influenced the West. It remains the task of Muslims scholars and scientists to look upon the whole of this scientific tradition from the point of view of Islam and the inner dynamics of Islamic history itself. ↗

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

#islamic-sciences #nature

All evil, all injustice, all harm that one does to someone else—in sum, all deviation from man's normative nature—in a much more fundamental way and in a far more ultimate sense one does to oneself, and not just metaphorically but literally. ↗

— Fazlur Rahman

#nature

هناك فرق شاسع بين من تملك الإسلام قلبه ومن تملك الإسلام بقلبه ↗

— Ahmed Faris - أحمد فارس

#islamic-quotes #islamism #religion #religion

العلم شيئان : إمّا قول مصدّق أو بحثٌ محقّق، وما سوى ذلك فهذيان ↗

— ابن تيمية

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Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question. ↗

— Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq AS

#islam #knowledge #nature #religion #science

It is much easier to condemn Islam and 'oppressive Muslim men' than to unpack the intricate relationships between global politics related to empire building and capitalist expansion as well as regional and national struggles revolving around political and economic power and resources. ↗

— Nadje Al-Ali

#iraq #islam #islamophobia #muslim-men #muslim-women

المؤمن لا تتم له لذه بمعصيه أبداً بل لا يُباشـرها إلا و الحزن يخالط قلبه و متى خلا قلبه من هذا الحزن فليبكي على موت قلبه ↗

— ابن قيم الجوزية

#relgion #islam

What has he found who has lost God? And what has he lost who has found God? ↗

— Ibn 'Ata' Allah Al-Iskandari

#religion #spirituality #sufism #religion

I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage. ↗

— Tariq Ramadan

#politics #islam