Once At a gathering of talaba Hazrat Mufti Muhammed Shafi sahab posed a question to the students.. batao ilm kise kahte hain..? ( tell me how do u define ilm...? ) many answers came in.. someone said ilm is seeking knowledge..another replied ilm is noor and so on.. Hazrat Mufti sahab (rah) wasn't satisfied.. and at last they requested him.. Hazrat aap hi batayiye.. ( Hazrat do let us know..).. the answer he gave is worth to be written in gold.. he said.. " Ilm vo Noor hai jise Haasil karne ke baad baghair amal kiye chain na aaye.. agar ye hai to ilm hai varna maloomat hai.. aur maloomat ki qayamat ke din pakad hai.. ke jitna hasil kiya uspe kitna amal kiya.. " Ilm is a Noor gaining which should make one restless untill he acts upon it.. if so then it is ilm orlse it is knowledge.. and knowledge is liable to be questioned on the day of judgement.. that the amount of knowledge acquired how much was acted upon.. May Allah give us Taufeeq to act upon what we learn.. duas.. wa assalam..