Knowledge expands unlike physical containers

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 205

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 205

Knowledge expands unlike physical containers
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٢٠٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): كُلُّ وِعَاءٍ يَضِيقُ بِمَا جُعِلَ فِيهِ إِلَّا وِعَاءَ الْعِلْمِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَتَّسِعُ بِهِ.

205. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Every container gets narrower according to what is placed in it except the container of knowledge which expands instead.