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The Age of Knowledge

It is reported that Ayyūb Al-Sakhtiyānī was asked:

Is knowledge today greater or lesser [in amount]? He replied, “There is more speech today, but there was more knowledge in the past.” Al-Fasawī, Al-Ma’rifah wa Al-Tārīkh 2:136.

Al-Fasawī, Al-Ma’rifah wa Al-Tārīkh 2:136.

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Is knowledge today greater or lesser [in amount]? He replied, “There is more speech today, but there was more knowledge in the past.” Al-Fasawī, Al-Ma’rifah wa Al-Tārīkh 2:136.

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