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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