11. Knowledge, evidence and intellectual formation

Source / locator: Qur’an, al-Isra, 17:36. Arabic and Jalandhari: SurahQuran; Pickthall: Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Published English excerpt: (O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge.

Verification / translation sources: Verified Arabic and published translation excerpts. English: Marmaduke Pickthall. Urdu: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari.

Relevance: A direct restraint on assertions without knowledge. Applying it to educational, research and information practices is an application; compare Reference 125 on checking reports.

Best use: Argument

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Source / locator: Qur’an, Ta-Ha, 20:114. Arabic and Jalandhari: SurahQuran; Pickthall: Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Published English excerpt: and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.

Verification / translation sources: Verified Arabic and published translation excerpts. English: Marmaduke Pickthall. Urdu: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari.

Relevance: Supports intellectual humility and the value of learning. The immediate passage concerns receiving revelation, not a prescribed modern curriculum.

Best use: Argument

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Source / locator: Qur’an, al-Nahl, 16:43. Arabic and Jalandhari: SurahQuran; Pickthall: Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Published English excerpt: Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not!

Verification / translation sources: Verified Arabic and published translation excerpts. English: Marmaduke Pickthall. Urdu: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari.

Relevance: The immediate question is whether earlier messengers were human. Consultation of expertise is a broader application, not a replacement for this historical context.

Best use: Argument

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Source / locator: Qur’an, Al Imran, 3:190. Arabic and Jalandhari: SurahQuran; Pickthall: Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Published English excerpt: Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding,

Verification / translation sources: Verified Arabic and published translation excerpts. English: Marmaduke Pickthall. Urdu: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari.

Relevance: Links reflection on creation with understanding. It does not itself state a modern scientific theory or establish a particular discovery.

Best use: Argument

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Source / locator: Sayyid Abu al-Ala Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur’an, al-Isra 17:36, explanatory note 42; English reproduction on SurahQuran.

Scholarly position / paraphrased argument: Maududi applies 17:36 to both personal and collective conduct. He argues against accusations and coercive action founded on mere suspicion, extending the epistemic demand to law, administration and education.

Verification / translation sources: The cited passage was inspected in the specified digital text. English and Urdu are the compiler’s labelled paraphrases, not published translations or exact quotations.

Relevance: Provides an identifiable modern interpretation connecting responsible knowledge with civilizational practice.

Context / qualification: These institutional applications are Maududi’s interpretation, not a list of institutions explicitly named in the verse. The accessed English reproduction is identified; a print edition and page were not verified.

Best use: Critical analysis / conceptual framework

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