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About Wisdom...

the seas to people’s benefit, and the water which Allah
sends down from the sky—by which He brings the
earth to life when it was dead and scatters about on it
creatures of every kind—and the varying direction of
the winds, and the clouds subservient between heaven
and earth, there are Signs for people who use their rea-
son. (Surat al-Baqara: 164)
By thinking such things as bring benefit, one's wisdom is in-
creased and he can thus act with much more insight. One who
uses his reason encourages the people around him to act in a bet-
ter way, as well as ensuring for himself great rewards in this
world and the Hereafter.

ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN, TO WHAT KIND OF
TOPICS SHOULD HUMAN BEINGS
APPLY THEIR WISDOM?
This is explained in detail in the following verses:
And in your creation and all the creatures He has
spread about there are Signs for true believers. And in
the alternation of night and day and the provision
Allah sends down from the sky, bringing the earth to
life by it after it has died, and in the marshalling of the
winds, there are Signs for people who use their reason.
(Surat al-Jathiyya: 4-5)
Allah sends down water from the sky and by it brings
the dead earth back to life. There is certainly a Sign in
that for prudent people. There is instruction for you in
cattle too. From the contents of their bellies, from be-
tween the dung and blood, We give you pure milk to
drink, easy for drinkers to swallow. And from the fruit