What Is ILM?

ILM is an Arabic word for Knowledge.

The Qur'an repeatedly calls on the believers to seek knowledge, whilst at the same time it makes a number of observations on phenomena that stimulate intellectual effort such as creation and the planets.

Read: In the name of thy Lord Who creates- creates man from a clot. Read: And your Lord is the Most Bounteous,Who teaches by the use of pen, Teaches man that which he knew not. (Qur'an:Al-Alaq:1-5)

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.(39:9)

"And He has subjected to you, as from Him, all that is in the heavens and on earth: behold, in that are signs indeed for those who reflect." (45:13)

The Qur'an at various points uses the expression: 'Why do they not reflect? Why do they not ponder? It constantly encourages the use of intellect and invites people to think, investigate and analyze. The Qur'an thus aims to 'awaken in mankind the consciousness of which nature is regarded as a symbol.' God has designed world in a way calling for wonder: perfect, orderly, malleable, its part casually and theologically attached to one another. He invites man to study and investigate nature, to make the necessary deduction and thus recognize , worship and serve Him. And thus to seek knowledge is but an obligation for every individual entity that needs to connect to the Supreme Lord.



These are the words of Prophet Muhammad (saw)

"Seeking knowledge is an obligation for every single Muslim",
"Seek knowledge even in China",
"Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave", and
"Verily the men of knowledge are the inheritors of the prophets"



It is but through the will to reach for knowledge that one knows his world better and hence its Creator!

Lots of Love,
Shuja