Examples of “Ignorant” and Ways of Facing It in the Holy Qur’an

The word “Ignorance” is opposite to the word “Science” and according to some philologers is antonym to the word “Patience”, but it is applied in the Qur’an as “Intellect”. The Holy Qur’an in many terms insults the ignorant people, and emphasizes that ignorance is the source of many human encroachments that, if not properly treated, causes the destruction of individuals. The examples of the ignorant in the Qur’an and ways to combat the ignorance are of the issues investigated by this study. Studying verses related to ignorance show that the ignorance has a semantic opposition with words such as “science”, “patience”, and “intellect”, and the “lusters”, “mockers”, “idolaters”, “oppressors”, “rebels”, “holders of suspicion of the Lord”, “self-portraits” and “sinners” are introduced as examples of the ignorant in the Holy Qur'an. Among ways to face with ignorance include “investigation and explanation”, “control of desires”, “modesty and humility”, “patience”, and “non-submission to deviations”.