The Moral Vision
Education
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goes without saying that one can never then
consider oneself a Muslim in the true sense of the
word.
The secular sciences guide us only in worldly
matters, giving us instruction in the agricultural,
industrial and civic practicalities of life. But it is the
Qur’an and Hadith which set our feet on the path to
eternal development. Cleary, it is just as important
for Muslims as it is for anyone else to study various
branches of knowledge, but they must distinguish
between ultimate objectives and adventitious
necessity. Muslims must not only study the Qur’an
and the Hadith, but must be keenly aware that the
real reasons for studying them are very different
from those which prompt them to seek worldly
knowledge: they must constantly bear in mind also
that religious knowledge take moral priority over
all other forms of knowledge.
