Belief and Islam

(rahimah-Allâhu ta’âlâ).” [1]
It is not correct to say, “Qur’ân al-kerîm does not say ‘religious
scholars.’ ” There are various âyats in praise of scholars (’ulamâ’)
and knowledge (’ilm). Hadrat ’Abd al-Ghânî an-Nablusî [d. 1143
A.H. (1731)] wrote in his Al-hadîqa: “The 7th âyat of Sûrat al-
Anbiyâ purports: ‘Ask the men of dhikr what you do not know.’
‘Dhikr’ means ‘knowledge’. This âyat-i-kerîma commands people
who do not know to find scholars and learn from them.” It is
purported in the seventh âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat al-Âl ’Imrân:
“Only possessors of knowledge understand the meanings of
inexplicit âyats”; in the 18th âyat-i-kerîma of the same Sûra: “That
Allâhu ta’âlâ is existent and unique is understood and reported by
possessors of knowledge”; in the 81st âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat al-
Qasas: “Possessors of knowledge said to them, ‘Shame on you!
The rewards Allâhu ta’âlâ will give to those who believe and do
good deeds are better than worldly favours’ ”; in the 56th âyat-ikerîma
of Sûrat Rûm: “Possessors of knowledge and belief will
say, ‘Well, this is the Day of Rising which you denied in the world’
”; in the 108th âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat Isrâ: “Possessors of
knowledge, upon hearing al-Qur’ân al-kerîm, will prostrate and
say, ‘There is no defect in our Owner, who does not break His
Word’ ”; in the 54th âyat of Sûrat Hajj: “Possessors of knowledge
understand that al-Qur’ân al-kerîm is the Word of Allah”; in the
50th âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat Ankabût: “Al-Qur’ân al-kerîm has
settled in the hearts of possessors of knowledge”; in the sixth âyati-kerîma
of Sûrat Saba’: “Possesssors of knowledge know that al-
Qur’ân al-kerîm is the Word of Allah and makes (one) attain
Allâhu ta’âlâ’s love”; in the eleventh âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat al-
Mujâdala: “High ranks will be granted to possessors of knowledge
in Paradise”; in the 27th âyat-i-kerîma of Sûrat al-Fâtir: “Only
possessors of knowledge fear Allâhu ta’âlâ”; in the 14th âyat-ikerîma
of Sûrat al-Hujurât: “Most valuable among you is the one
who fears Allâhu ta’âlâ much.” It is declared in the hadîths quoted
in the 365th page of the same book: “ ‘Allâhu ta’âlâ and angels and
[1] Yûsuf an-Nabhânî, Hujjat-Allâhi ’ala ’l-’âlamîn, p. 771. The above
quotation, which is translated from the Arabic original, does not
contain any words added by the translator, who, as done in all our
books, has put additions from other books in brackets here, too, to
prevent confusing them with the translated text. The Arabic original
of the above passage from Hujjat-Allâhi ’ala-l-âlamin was
reproduced by offset in Istanbul in 1394 [1974].
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