Lesson sixty five :Excellence of knowledge

Imam Mousabne Ja'far( A. S. )says:

فَضْلُ الْفَقِيهِ عَلَى الْعابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الشَّمسِ عَلَى الْكَواكِبِ‌

Translation

Excellence of a scholar over a votary is alike to excellence of sun over the stars..

Brief description

The stars of sky are only luminous by their own, but fail to present a luminosity to us and to illuminate the path for us, but sunlight and its golden and shiny ray, not only is reviving and animating, but also causes all inhabitants of spheres in the solar system to distinguish the path from deviated path and high road from crag. And this is the difference of a scholar and a votary.

The latter only gets over his own difficulties, and the former tries to save those who are drowned.

We also know that planets of solar system enjoy sunlight, and if there was not a scholar, there was not a votary.