Guidance for Students Memorizing the Noble Qur'an

The questioner:
The Noble [one] in this blessed institution expects, with the permission of Allah, that eighty memorizers will graduate this academic year. We would like you to offer a word of guidance to our sons, the students in the third year of secondary school, who have completed memorizing the Book of Allah the Exalted, and we hope you will make du'a' (supplication) for them.

The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. This is a great blessing that a group of bearers of the Book of Allah graduates every year. However, this is not enough. It is necessary to continue learning, for knowledge does not end at a certain limit. Continue learning with the scholars and in the houses of knowledge. Continue learning and take knowledge from Allah. Allah, Exalted and Majestic, said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge." So the Muslim should not stop at a limit and say, "Knowledge has ended." Knowledge is a vast ocean. Indeed, knowledge is like a vast ocean. So take from every saying. Indeed, knowledge is like a vast ocean. So take the best from every saying.
And there is nothing better than the Book of Allah. If there is anything better, then follow this correct path.
Do not turn to the other paths. How many there are in this time! Do not turn to them. Rather, take your correct path and proceed in the way of Allah the Exalted. Do not turn to the deceivers and the misguiders.
And beware of them with the utmost caution. You are on a correct path, and praise be to Allah, so stand firm upon it and provision yourselves with beneficial knowledge from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Take knowledge from the scholars. Take from the recognized scholars of the Ummah. Do not take from every pretender to knowledge, every ignorant person, or every deviant. Take knowledge from the scholars, either in the houses of knowledge, such as institutes and colleges, or in the circles of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) in the mosques that are conducted by recognized scholars who are known for their knowledge and known for their uprightness. Do not take knowledge from just anyone who claims to be a scholar. Yes.

The presenter:
And he hopes for your du'a' (supplication) for them, and for everyone. May Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
I hope that Allah, Exalted and Majestic, will grant us and you success in attaining beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds, and calling to Allah with wisdom, good instruction, and the best kind of argument. But after you have learned the knowledge, you call to Allah the Exalted, for the call to Allah is not made except with knowledge. Allah, Exalted and Majestic, said to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): That is, with knowledge, not with enthusiasm, and not with incorrect imitation, but with knowledge, with beneficial knowledge. And knowledge is not attained by wishing; it is only attained by learning and patience in learning and teaching. Knowledge and action are necessary. Al-Jurjani (may Allah have mercy on him) says, "I reap humiliation." Al-Jurjani (may Allah have mercy on him) says in his poem: "And I reap humiliation if I follow ignorance, for it was the wisest course. Wretched is the planting of it." He says, "Wretched is the planting of it, and I reap humiliation?"
He means that it is not like this: you learn knowledge, you toil, you suffer in planting it, and then you reap humiliation afterwards. Rather, you reap beneficial work and righteous deeds and the call to Allah the Exalted. "Wretched is the planting of it, and I reap humiliation if I follow ignorance, for it was the wisest course." Beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds, and the call to Allah with wisdom, good instruction, and the best kind of argument are necessary. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,