AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

• Corporate Author: Jamiat al-Malik Abd al-Aziz
• Other Authors: Al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Al-Naquib
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Jeddah Hodder Stoughton 1979
• Series: Islamic education series
• Subjects: Islamic education > Congresses
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• Item Description: "Organized by King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah"
• Physical Description: xvi, 169 pages 25 cm
• Bibliography: Bibliography: p. 138-156
• ISBN: 0340236078

Islam has, from its inception, placed a high premium on education and has enjoyed a long and rich intellectual tradition. Knowledge ('ilm) occupies a significant position within Islam, as evidenced by the more than 800 references to it in Islam's most revered book, the Koran. The importance of education is repeatedly emphasized in the Koran with frequent injunctions, such as "God will exalt those of you who believe and those who have knowledge to high degrees" (58:11), "O my Lord! Increase me in knowledge" (20:114), and "As God has taught him, so let him write" (2:282). Such verses provide a forceful stimulus for the Islamic community to strive for education and learning.