Editing Wisdom (section)

==== Islam ====
{{main|Hikmah}}

The Islamic term for wisdom is {{transliteration|ar|hikmah}}. Prophets of Islam are believed by Muslims to possess great wisdom. The term occurs a number of times in the [[Quran]], notably in [[Sura 2]]:269, [[Sura 22]]:46, and [[Sura 6]]:151.

The Sufi philosopher [[Ibn Arabi]] considers ''al-Hakim'' ("The Wise") as one of the names of the Creator.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shahzad|first=Qaiser|year=2004|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20837323|url-access=subscription|title=Ibn 'Arabī's Contribution to the Ethics of Divine Names|journal=Islamic Studies|volume=43|number=1|pages=5–38|doi=10.52541/isiri.v43i1.4732 |jstor=20837323 }}</ref> Wisdom and truth, considered divine attributes, were valued in [[Science in the medieval Islamic world|Islamic sciences]] and [[Islamic philosophy|philosophy]]. The first Arab philosopher, [[Al-Kindi]] says at the beginning of his book:<ref>{{Citation|last=Adamson|first=Peter|title=Al-Kindi|year=2018|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/al-kindi/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2018|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=We must not be ashamed to admire the truth or to acquire it, from wherever it comes. Even if it should come from far-flung nations and foreign peoples, there is for the student of truth nothing more important than the truth, nor is the truth demeaned or diminished by the one who states or conveys it; no one is demeaned by the truth, rather all are ennobled by it.|sign=|source=[[Al-Kindi]], ''On First Philosophy''}}