Learning and study

Writing is the shackle of knowledge

الْكِتَابَةُ قَيْدُ الْعِلْمِ
“Writing is the shackle of knowledge.”

Dr. Sulaymān al-ʿUyūnī حفظه الله, a well-known scholar of the Arabic language, emphasises in his lessons that writing preserves and secures knowledge:

• Audio lessons are excellent for receiving information quickly, but writing is what anchors that knowledge so it is not easily lost.
• Writing also allows for deeper reflection. What we hear may be forgotten, while writing helps us retain, revisit and reinforce important points
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This highlights the importance of completing the workbooks throughout our Arabic studies.

The textbook gives us the knowledge; the workbook, إن شاء الله, helps us shackle it — preserving, reinforcing and securing what we have learned.

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