كتاب العقل و العلم و الجهل

The Book of Intellect, Knowledge and Ignorance

أبواب العقل و الجهل

Chapters on Intellect and Ignorance

باب 1 فضل العقل و ذم الجهل

Chapter 1: The merit of the intellect and the censure of ignorance

الآيات:

The verses:

البقرة: لَآياتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ و قال تعالى كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آياتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ و قال تعالى وَ ما يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُوا الْأَلْبابِ

al-Baqara: "signs for a people who use their intellect"; and He, exalted, said: "thus does God make clear to you His signs, that perhaps you may understand"; and He, exalted, said: "yet none takes heed save those possessed of understanding."

آل عمران: وَ ما يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُوا الْأَلْبابِ و قال تعالى قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآياتِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ و قال إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ لَآياتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبابِ

Al 'Imran: "yet none takes heed save those possessed of understanding"; and He, exalted, said: "We have made clear to you the signs, if you would use your intellect"; and He said: "truly in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for those possessed of understanding."

المائدة: ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لا يَعْقِلُونَ و قال تعالى فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يا أُولِي الْأَلْبابِ و قال وَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ

al-Ma'ida: "that is because they are a people who do not use their intellect"; and He, exalted, said: "so fear God, O you possessed of understanding"; and He said: "and most of them do not use their intellect."

الأنعام: وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ و قال وَ لَلدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَ فَلا تَعْقِلُونَ

al-An'am: "but most of them are ignorant"; and He said: "and surely the abode of the hereafter is better for those who are godfearing — will you not then use your intellect?"

الأنفال: إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابِّ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْقِلُونَ

al-Anfal: "truly the worst of creatures in God's sight are the deaf and dumb who do not use their intellect."

يونس: أَ فَأَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَ لَوْ كانُوا لا يَعْقِلُونَ و قال تعالى وَ يَجْعَلُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لا يَعْقِلُونَ

Yunus: "can you then make the deaf hear, though they do not use their intellect?"; and He, exalted, said: "and He lays defilement upon those who do not use their intellect."

هود: وَ لكِنِّي أَراكُمْ قَوْماً تَجْهَلُونَ

Hud: "but I see you are a people who are ignorant."

يوسف: إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Yusuf: "truly We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, that perhaps you may understand."

الرعد: إِنَّما يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُوا الْأَلْبابِ

al-Ra'd: "only those possessed of understanding take heed."

إبراهيم: وَ لِيَذَّكَّرَ أُولُوا الْأَلْبابِ

Ibrahim: "and that those possessed of understanding may take heed."

طه: إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِأُولِي النُّهى

Ta Ha: "truly in that are signs for those possessed of reason."

النور: كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآياتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

al-Nur: "thus does God make clear to you the signs, that perhaps you may understand."

الزمر: إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَذِكْرى لِأُولِي الْأَلْبابِ

al-Zumar: "truly in that is a reminder for those possessed of understanding."