{"id":17344,"date":"2022-10-04T05:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/?p=17344"},"modified":"2022-10-04T05:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:36:53","slug":"qurans-emphasis-avoiding-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/17344\/qurans-emphasis-avoiding-ignorance\/","title":{"rendered":"Quran\u2019s Emphasis on Avoiding Ignorance"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jahl (ignorance) is an improper attribute for mankind as it not only causes harms to the person himself, but also could lead other individuals or groups of people astray.<\/div>\n
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That is why everyone should strive to keep away from ignorant people.<\/p>\n

The word Jahl in Arabic has different meanings, including ignorance, inanity and lack of knowledge and awareness.<\/p>\n

Islam advises the believers to avoid Jahl, citing its various harmful effects.<\/p>\n

The Holy Quran mentions different causes of Jahl: \u201cHe supplicated: \u2018Lord, prison is dearer to me than that to which they invite me. Yet if You do not shield me from their guile I shall yield to them and be one of the ignorant.\u2019\u201d (Surah Yusuf, Verse 33)<\/p>\n

According to Prophet Yusuf (AS) in this verse, committing sins causes one to become ignorant. There is another reference to Jahl in this Surah of the Quran: \u201c\u2019Do you know\u2019 he replied, \u2018what you did to Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?\u2019\u201d (Surah Yusuf, Verse 89)<\/p>\n

Jahl is sometimes created due to worldly desires and sometimes due to negligence. Even if someone is knowledgeable, if he neglects the outcomes of his bad behavior, he is actually ignorant.<\/p>\n

Another cause for ignorance is unethical behavior. For example mocking others is said to be a sign of ignorance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Moses said to his people, \u2018God commands you to sacrifice a cow,\u2019 they asked, \u2018Are you mocking us?\u2019 \u2018God forbid, how would I be so ignorant,\u2019 said Moses.\u201d (Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 67)<\/p>\n

Jahl is something that impedes one\u2019s intellectual and personal growth. That is another reason why there are so many recommendations about avoiding it. The Holy Quran says in verse 6 of Surah Al-Hujurat:<\/p>\n

\u201cBelievers, if one who publicly commits sins brings you any news, ascertain its truthfulness carefully, lest you harm people through ignorance and then regret what you have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asking those who know is a way for saving oneself from ignorance: \u201cThe Messengers whom We sent before you were mere mortals to whom We had sent with miracles and revelations. Ask those who know about the heavenly Books if you do not know about this.\u201d Surah An-Nahl, Verse 43)<\/p>\n

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Jahl (ignorance) is an improper attribute for mankind as it not only causes harms to the person himself, but also could lead other individuals or groups of people astray.     That is why everyone should strive to keep away from ignorant people. The word Jahl in Arabic has different meanings, including ignorance, inanity and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7773],"tags":[13763,8154,14551,9546,19669],"class_list":["post-17344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quran","tag-ahl-al-bayt-a-s","tag-allah","tag-ethics","tag-islam","tag-shia-studies-world-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}