Pebbles on Vast Seashore of Knowledge
Qur’aanic Verse 17.85:
Transliteration:
85. Wayas-aloonaka AAani alrroohi quli alrroohu min amri rabbee wama ooteetum mina alAAilmi illa qaleelan
Translation:
85. And they ask you about the soul. Say, “The soul is one of the commands of my Lord. And you are not given knowledge but a little thereof.”24
Study Note:
24. In this context I am reminded of what a famous scientist (I think, he was Faraday) once said that they (the scientists) were picking up just some pebbles on the vast sea-shore of knowledge.
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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVIX. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXVIII already published and freely available thereon.
Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘