بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
One of the best ways to rejuvenate our spirits is through knowledge. There is nothing that brings about a sense of spirituality like knowledge does. It is ashamed that we have the time to study secular things but we don't have the time to study religious studies or give the same amount of dedication towards religious studies. And so we find so many people perform acts of worship without knowledge, while others trivialize certain acts of worship.
As an example, when you know each drop of water from wudu' washes away your sins, never again you will trivialize wudu'. We all doing wudu' but just with an ounce of knowledge, it will change us -- it gives spirituality that is lacking.
Prophet Musa (peace upon him) has a distinct
position in the comity of Prophets. This has been mentioned explicitly in the
Quran and Sunnah. The special distinction of having conversed with Allah is his
hallmark. Allah had blessed Musa (peace be upon him) with an intense desire to
seek knowledge. As soon as he smelled the scent of knowledge, he was
all set to go for it, traveling like an ardent student. In Surah Kahf we leaned that Prophet Musa travelled to a far away place to seek knowledge. He turned to Allah Himself
for the location of al-Khidr, whom Allah said that he has been given kowledge which Musa did not have.
وَإِذْ قَالَ
مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَاهُ لَا أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ
أَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا ﴿٦٠
And [mention] when Musa to his servant, "I will not cease
[traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long
period." (60) [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:60]
Allah will raise the ranks of those who
have Iman (Faith) and also those who have knowledge by degrees.
يَرْفَعِ اللَّـهُ
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ ۚ وَاللَّـهُ
بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴿١١ ....
... Allah will raise those who have believed
among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allah is
Acquainted with what you do. [Quran, Al Mujadila 58:11]
May Allah make it easy for us to seek and learn beneficial knowledge. Aameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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