Harun Verstaen

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Jeroen Harun Verstaen holds a master’s degree in law and works as a paralegal. In his spare time, he is an independent researcher, freelance translator (English-Dutch), and proofreader. In 2004, three years after writing his master’s thesis on the application of the sharīʿah in Sudan, he became Muslim at the age of 28. Since then, he has been studying Islam and the Arabic language, both at an academic level and in a traditional way, at several Islamic institutes and with teachers at home and abroad. To this end, he traveled to the UK, Belgium, Germany, Morocco, Egypt, and Kenya, for short periods. He obtained a number of ijāzāt (certificates) from scholars such as Shaykh Mohammed Daniel of Cordoba Academy, as well as diplomas in this regard ...more

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Books are the gardens of scholars

"Books are the gardens of scholars." is what Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib (may Allah ennoble his face) said. This quote was mentioned in the book Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim by al-Amidi.

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“Foreknowledge is a building block to learning.”
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“Foreknowledge is a building block to learning.”
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“Books are the gardens of scholars.”
Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib

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