Five types of Knowledge

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

My Dear Readers,

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. (May the Peace, Mercy and Blessings of Allah be upon you)
  

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَسَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

(See Note below)

Five Types of Knowledge we can derive from Al-Qur'an

In Al-Fauz-Al-Kabir, one of his well-known works on Qur'anic studies, Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, talks about five kinds of knowledge that can be derived from the Qur'an. I have attempted a loose translation here:

• (علم الأحكام ) Laws and Commandments

The knowledge of the permitted and prohibited, of personal, individual as well as sociopolitical issues and dealings.  This knowledge is the domain of jurists, and reformers.

•  (علم الجدل ) Discussion and Debates

This knowledge relates to the debates and discourse between Islamic worldview and the worldview of other monotheistic religions, polytheists, skeptics, hypocrites and atheists. This is the realm of mutakallimoon (philosophers) and du'at (proselytizers, missionaries).

• (علم التذكير بآلاء الله ) Remembrance of Allah

This is knowledge of blessings, signs, and attributes of Allah. Of creation, and other knowledge beneficial for guidance in understanding God.

• (علم التذكير بأيام الله ) Historical Events

Knowledge of past occurrences from which we can learn, of Prophets and Prophethood, of people who have passed on before us, and what choices they made, and what was the result.

• (علم التذكير بالموت وما بعد الموت ) Death and Afterlife

The knowledge of what is going to happen at death, and after that. Our journey in the Hereafter, including Resurrection, Judgment etc.

May Allah guide us, and help us be on the right path.

 والله أعلم   
 Wa Allahu 'Alam (And Allah is the All-Knowing)

Note:

This post starts with the well known opening lines of at least one of Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ sermon. Al-Nisaa’i (May Allah have mercy on him) reported in his Sunan al-Nisaa’i: Kitaab al-Jumu’ah (Click Here) that ‘Abd-Allah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us the Khutbah Haajah .