بسم الله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله
On the occasion of the UAE Flag Day, I would like to present something, which I am sure, will be thought provoking for the readers, inShaaAllah.
Arabic language is uniquely distinct, and Qur’anic Arabic is distinctly unique.
The word used for knowledge, as we all know, is عِلم – ‘ilm. Recall the du’aa Rabbee Zidnee ‘ilmaa
The beauty in the word is, when you change its vowels, the meaning too changes. And changes in a miraculous way!
‘ilm becoming ‘alam.
And when عِلم becomes عَلَم Knowledge becomes a Flag.
Now, you see the connection. Knowledge is one’s flag. One’s banner. One’s standard. And it should be rightly so, isn’t it?
When you acquire knowledge, you actually plan to have a flag in hand. The flag of leadership. The flag of being a role model. The flag of civilizational advancement. Subhanallaah.
So when an individual Muslim, or the Muslim Ummah as a whole, acquires knowledge, it only signals leadership.
And only those who have knowledge and excel others in areas of scientific, educational and ethical advancement alone can lead the world.
Baarakallaahu Feekum.
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