KNOWLEDGE IS WISDOM

Can you imagine life without knowledge? There was a quotation written by my friend from Cambodia. Well, i kind of accidentally read what was written by him. He wrote, "Life without knowledge is like eating without digesting." Yes, what was written by him was absolutely true. In this life as long as we live, there will always be knowledge to be learned whether through direct lessons or indirect lessons. I've learned a lot and most of the knowledge i got were from people and from my mistakes. The importance of knowledge in life is undeniable. Our life is driven by knowledge and without it we are nobody, we got no technologies, we got no social life, we got nothing. As a Muslim too, if we wanted this life and the here after, the only way is by learning and expanding knowledge. I remembered one of the hadeeth of the Holy Prophet in which he said,

"If you want this world, you need to have knowledge, if you want the here after, you still need to have knowledge and if you want both, you need to have knowledge too."

From this very hadeeth, it is clear that knowledge is important in life. Even, the first commandment of Allah towards the Holy Prophet, Muhammad PBUH was also about learning. It was written in the Holy Quran in surah Al-'Alaq. Therefore, forget about ignoring knowledge. Learn as much as we can. There are lots of knowledge in this world and some are remain undiscovered. This is our obligation not only to Allah but also to ourselves, our family and our fellow societies.