General argument for Islam.

[Mudhammam]

Rhythm, don't be hasty. I quote from Imam Jaffar:

The knowledge is the basis of every sublime state and the culmination of every high station. That is why the Holy Prophet said, 'It is the duty of every Muslim, man and woman, to seek the knowledge,' that is, the knowledge of precaution/guarding (taqwa) and certainty(in God and his signs). Imam 'Ali (‘a) said, “Seek the knowledge, though it be in China,” meaning the knowledge of gnosis of the self, in it is contained knowledge of the Lord.

 
The Holy Prophet said, 'Whoever knows his own self knows his Lord; moreover, you should acquire that knowledge without which no action is correct, and that is sincerity ... We seek refuge with Allah from knowledge which has no benefit', that is, from knowledge which is contrary to actions performed with sincerity.

"Whoever knows his own self knows his Lord"? Self-exalted much, Mo? Guess who said it a lot more concise, and without the self-righteous pretension? Thales. 1,000 years before Mo. He famously said, "Know thyself." It was also inscribed on the walls at the temple of Delphi, not because Apollo revealed mysteries to man, but because man is a creature who develops systems for ways on how to live, and people realized knowing one's self was a wise path if one seeks to understand the world and the others in it. How does one know thyself? By reading the Qur'an? By sitting in a corner thinking all day? Or by collaborating with other "selves" who also seek to understand the world?
 

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Also, what is 'knowledge which is contrary to actions performed with sincerity'? Example?