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{ أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ آنَآءَ ٱلَّيلِ سَاجِداً وَقَآئِماً يَحْذَرُ ٱلآخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُواْ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ ٱلأَلْبَابِ }

…Say: ‘Are those who know equal with those who do not know?…’He said:Knowledge [comes from] the Book and emulation (iqtidāʾ) [of the Prophet’s example], not [from] reprehensible suggestions (khawāṭir madhmūma). Any knowledge that the servant does not seek from the position of emulating [the Prophet’s example] will be a curse (wabāl) to him because he will make false claims on account of it. His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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