WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.520
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:09.960
“Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.” (39:9)

00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:16.980
The Splendor of Knowledge in Wisdom.

00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:21.780
By Dr. Hamzah Ibn Fayi' Al Fathi.

00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:23.539
May Allah preserve him.

00:00:26.190 --> 00:00:29.309
Believing in an Idea.

00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:35.939
The Irish writer George Bernard Shaw,

00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:40.979
who passed away in 1950 AD, said:

00:00:40.979 --> 00:00:46.179
"You can work eight hours a day for a salary,

00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:50.060
and ten hours for a new manager,

00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:56.399
and twenty-four hours for an idea you believe in."

00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.240
The greatest group that believes in ideas,

00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:02.840
whose actions and conduct are driven by them,

00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:05.959
are the scholars in every field.

00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:10.239
That is why they are always devoted to reading or research,

00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:14.319
or teaching, or scientific and experimental investigation.

00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:20.939
Time is consumed by them in effort, work, reflection, and refinement.

00:01:20.939 --> 00:01:25.340
Therefore, they are more dedicated to their ideas than anyone else,

00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:29.939
as they find their pleasure in them, fulfill their purpose through them,

00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:32.260
and savor their own essence.

00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:35.620
Hence, they have transmitted to us the fruits of their long study,

00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:39.620
their attachment to books, their staying up through the nights,

00:01:39.620 --> 00:01:41.980
their persistence in authorship,

00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:45.620
and their repetition of scholarly works, as previously mentioned.

00:01:45.620 --> 00:01:50.780
You find some of them revising books hundreds of times,

00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:53.700
and the reason is their dedication to the idea,

00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:55.620
their scholarly ambition,

00:01:55.620 --> 00:01:57.739
their intellectual nourishment,

00:01:57.739 --> 00:01:59.700
their scholarly deduction,

00:01:59.700 --> 00:02:02.219
and their analytical discernment.

00:02:02.219 --> 00:02:04.299
This intellectual dedication

00:02:04.299 --> 00:02:07.140
cannot be purchased with money or coins,

00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:10.650
but rather with concern and inner taste.

00:02:10.650 --> 00:02:14.849
We have seen the works of commercial scientific institutions,

00:02:14.849 --> 00:02:17.490
and the works of other individuals,

00:02:17.490 --> 00:02:22.009
and the difference was clear to anyone with intellect and fairness.

00:02:22.050 --> 00:02:25.169
So, live for an idea, O seeker of knowledge,

00:02:25.169 --> 00:02:27.889
and compete with time for its sake.

00:02:27.889 --> 00:02:31.090
Learn from the projects of those who came before,

00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:33.009
how they began with an idea,

00:02:33.009 --> 00:02:35.930
and culminated in monumental projects

00:02:35.930 --> 00:02:38.370
and profound encyclopedias,

00:02:38.370 --> 00:02:40.210
such as Sahih al-Bukhari,

00:02:40.210 --> 00:02:42.050
the Tafsir of Ibn Jarir,

00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:43.930
the Mughni of Al-Maqdisi,

00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:47.439
the Fath of the Hafiz, and similar works.

00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:49.439
And Allah is the Grantor of success.