“Knowledge and science is the fruit of paradise; in times of threat it is one's ally, in exile it keeps one company, and in solitude it is one's intimate friend and companion.”

—  Muhammad al-Baqir

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 55

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