العلم شىء بعيد المرام
Knowledge is something afar
لا يصاد بالسهام
Cannot be hunted with arrows
ولا يورث عن الاباء والاعمام
Nor inherited from fathers and uncles
بل هو شىء لا يدرك الا باافتراش المدار
Nay, it is not achieved except by making the earth as one’s bed (always being in the mosque)
وارتخاء الحجر
And (feeling the ) softness of the stone (of the floor of the mosque)
وكثير النظر
And a lot of seeing (and thinking - that is reading and observation)
وكثرة الفكار
And a lot of thinking
واجتهاد فى كتب البحار
And striving (looking for knowledge) in oceans of books (giving detailed explanations of things)
- Tok Kenali -
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