Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS
English book, p. 434
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
good question in itself is a proof that the questioner is already in possession of some knowledge, and now the task of the person who answers the questions is already half done. Just by giving a part of his knowledge he can complete the questioner’s knowledge. If you want to acquire the treasure of knowledge which others have, you must first of all prepare yourself for this. Only by increasing your own academic capability will you be able to really benefit from others’ knowledge, or benefit from books written by others and digest the knowledge enshrined therein. Getting answers to questions, learning and imbibing knowledge are not unilateral actions but rather bilateral actions. That is, the more the questioner or the learner is prepared, the more will he be able to understand the answers given by others or the knowledge imparted by others. The truth is that it is a fifty-fifty matter. That is, it is only if you have half of the knowledge that it will be possible for others to give you the other half. It is a bilateral process, not a unilateral process. The world is full of knowledge. One source of knowledge comprises the scholars and intellectuals. Another source comprises of those books which have

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