shakautu ila Waki` su'a hifdhi wa arshada-ni an tark al-ma`asi wa akhbara-ni bi anna ilman nur wa nur Allah la yu`ta al-`as
The great Imam ash-Shafi', he went to his teacher Waki` Complaining about the weakness of his memory. He told him, 'abandon rebellion, for knowledge is a light And the light of Allah is not bestowed upon a rebel.'
