IslHornAfr

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العلم نور والجهالة حلك , فمن سرى فى طلب الجهل هلك \ فقدم الاهم ان العلم حم , فالعمر ضيف ذار او طيف الم \ اهمه عقاىد ثم فروع , تصوف والة بها الشروع

The last two verse lines are sometimes ascribed to a Mauretanian poet, Muḥammad Fāl Mattālī (1205-1286 H).

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