Knowledge

How much knowledge [علم] is out there?

When Moses and Khidr were on the boat:

فَجَاءَ عُصْفُورٌ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى حَرْفِ السَّفِينَةِ، فَنَقَرَ نَقْرَةً أَوْ نَقْرَتَيْنِ فِي الْبَحْرِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الْخَضِرُ يَا مُوسَى، مَا نَقَصَ عِلْمِي وَعِلْمُكَ مِنْ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ كَنَقْرَةِ هَذَا الْعُصْفُورِ فِي الْبَحْرِ

‘𝗔 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮. 𝗔𝗹-𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱: “𝗢 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀! 𝗠𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 [𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺] 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 [𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲] 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 [𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻] 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗸.’

[‘Sahih Bukhari’, 122].

Knowledge is an Ocean that has no shore [العلم بحر لا ساحل له]… there is horizon after horizon.

How much can a little bucket carry from this ocean?

How much can our little brains absorb?

And the combined knowledge of the entire creation is like a single grain in a desert compared to the knowledge of God, the all-knowing.