Knowledge and Guidance - Muslims who know something is haraam yet they still do it. [Nouman Ali Khan | Excerpt from The Final Reminder] The association of knowledge and guidance works for everything else in life but it does not work for our Deen and our relationship with Allah azza wa jal. Why not? Think about it: Do you know Muslims who know something is haraam yet they still do it? Did Allah speak about people who have a lot of knowledge, and still rejected the Messenger? So knowledge does not necessarily lead to guidance, and knowledge and guidance are not the same thing. It is very possible that a person can have a lot of knowledge and still be void of guidance. Allah ta’ala speaks of people who are very knowledgeable in the Qur’an, and think about it, if Allah ta’ala says they have knowledge then that means they must have a lot of knowledge. Yet in the same passage where Allah tells us that they are knowledgeable, He tells us that they rejected the Messenger and they changed their books after they understood them. They did not change the book because they did not understand, but Allah says They altered it even after they understood it (Al-Baqarah:75). So there was no knowledge missing. We can see from this that there is a difference between knowledge and guidance. So what is the relationship between knowledge and guidance? Knowledge is a stepping stone TO guidance but it is not necessarily the case that when you take the step to knowledge, that you are guaranteed guidance. Those who have knowledge and did not take the next step to guidance are greater criminals than the ones who did not have knowledge and did not seek guidance. Allah ta’ala calls these people Those who received anger upon them. After knowledge they still disobeyed and turned away from guidance. (Al-Fatihah:7) An increase in knowledge is not an increase in guidance. UNLESS you want it to be. How do you do this? The more your knowledge increases, the more your remembrance should increase. And when you remember Allah, beg Allah for guidance. Via Kamaliah Abbas
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:59:42 +0000
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