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يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَن يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْراً كَثِيراً وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلاَّ أُوْلُواْ ٱلأَلْبَابِ
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-Al-Baqarah ( البقرة )

Al Qushairi Tafsir

[2:269] He gives wisdom to whomever He will, and he who is given wisdom, has been given much good; yet none remembers, but the people of pith.
Wisdom (ḥikma) is the thought (khā?ir) of the Real ruling (yaḥkum) you, not the caller of the lower self. The overpowering forces (qawāhir) of the Real rule you, not the drivers (zawājir) of Satan.
It is said wisdom is rightness in affairs (ṣawāb al-ʿumūr).
It is said [wisdom] is that the frivolities of human nature do not rule you. One who has no control (ḥukm) over his lower self has no control over anyone else.
It is said wisdom is being in conformity (muwāfaqa) with the command of God Most High and foolishness is opposing (mukhālafa) His command.
It is said wisdom is bearing witness to the Real and foolishness is bearing witness to anything other than Him.