“He is the One Who created everything in the earth for you. Then He turned towards the heaven, forming it into seven heavens. And He has ‘perfect’ knowledge of all things.” (Quran, 2:29)

“Allah, may His remembrance be glorious and may His names be pure, created the earth before the sky…”
–Ayyashi، Mohammad ibn Masoud، also known as al-Ayyashi. Tafsir Al-Aiashi. ‎AMI Press ,30 October 2020.

“Allah has already set a measure to all things.”
(Quran, 65:3)

“[He] keeps account of everything.”
(Quran, 72:28)

“And with Him everything is determined with precision.”
(Quran, 13:8)

“That night, the angels and the ‘holy’ spirit descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every ‘decreed’ matter.”
(Quran, 97:4)

“With the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them. ” (Quran, 69:17)

“If knowledge were in the Pleiades, some men from Persia would surely attain it.”
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
–Ala al-Din ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd-al-Malik Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi. Kanz al-Ummal Fee Sunan al-Aqwal wa al-Af’al. ‎Generic, 2022.

“Grief is a disease of the soul.”
-Imam Ali (pbuh)
–Tamimi Amadi, Abd-Al-Wahid. Ghurar-Al-Hikam wa Dorar-Al-Hikam, (Exalted aphorisms and pearls of speech. Ansariyan Publications – Qum.

“One who cries upon the Paradise will enter the Paradise, and one who cries upon the world will enter the Hellfire!”
-Prophet Muhammad
Al-Majlisi, Allama Baqir. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.90, Chapter 19, Hadith 23

“Many a scholar has been destroyed by his own ignorance, and his knowledge with him is of no use.” –Nahj-ul-Balagha, Quotations of Wisdom, Wisdom 107

“Many minds are captive under the domination of desire.” –Nahj-ul-Balagha, Quotations of Wisdom, Wisdom 211

“Knowledge is light”
–al-Qummi, Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Babawayh ، commonly known as Al-Shaikh Al-Saduq. Lantern of the Path. Ansariyan Publications, 2000, Qum.

“Knowledge is the greatest veil.” –Sabzavari, Hadi ibn Mahdi. Asrar al-ḥikam. 1905. ‎Generic, 2022.

He who attains inner knowledge of his self attains inner knowledge of his Lord.
-Imam Ali
Mohammadi Rayshahri, Mohammad. The Scale of Wisdom: A Compendium of Shi’a Hadith [Mizan al-Hikmah], trans. N. Virjee, A. Kadhim, M. Dasht Bozorgi, Z. Alsalami and A. Virjee (ICAS Press, n.d.), Volume 3, Hadith 4065.

“Do not be ignorant of yourself, for whoever is ignorant of oneself is ignorant of everything.”
–Tamimi Amadi, Abd-Al-Wahid. Ghurar-Al-Hikam wa Dorar-Al-Hikam, (Exalted aphorisms and pearls of speech. Ansariyan Publications – Qum.

“Do you not see that Allah is glorified by all those in the heavens and the earth, even the birds as they soar? Each ˹instinctively˺ knows their manner of prayer and glorification. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all they do.” (Quran, 24:41)

The Messenger of God said, “The suppliant is the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds; wherefore, he who gives to him, gives to God the Mighty and Glorious; and he who denies him, repels God, the Mighty and Glorious.”
Al-Qadi al-Nu’man. The pillars of Islam: Da’a’im al-Islam. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002.