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The Legend Library

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Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al-Haddad

June 24, 2022

It is not strange for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai - may God preserve and protect him - to establish a library that is considered the legend of offices in the world.

quantitatively and qualitatively;

This is his view of developing the country and elevating it to global horizons, and to the extent that he developed Dubai until it became a symbol of civilized civilization, the knowledge culture had to be parallel to this civilization, as is the theory of the imam of sociology “Ibn Khaldun” - may God have mercy on him - which states that The abundance of sciences equals the abundance of urbanization, and that the collapse of sciences equals the collapse of urbanization, a theory that is witnessed by the witnessed reality, in every era and Egypt.

And Dubai, which has become the legend of cities, must have its cultural teacher at that level, which is this edifice of knowledge “the Library of Mohammed bin Rashid”, and as he said - may God protect him - on the eve of the opening of the Burj Khalifa in 2004, and his name was “Burj Dubai”, he said, “When This tower at this level, the tallest in the world, was built by man, and it was necessary to be associated with the names of the great.

Thus, the library attached to his honorable name must be at the level at which he is internationally known for his greatness and prestige.

Politics and economics, literature and culture, equestrian and rescue.

This legendary library came after a series of local and global knowledge initiatives, preceded by Dubai Cares, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, the Knowledge Summit, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic Language Award, and the Arab Reading Challenge School platform, digital school, etc.

All these great initiatives must be irrigated by the rivers of traditional and contemporary books, which makes them renew with the renewal of sciences, develop with the development of sciences, and grow with the development of human intelligence. and mercy.

This is what His Highness said at the inauguration of this lofty edifice, where he said, "Our goal with the library is to promote reading, spread knowledge, and support researchers, creators and scientists... Our goal with the library is to illuminate human thought." He added an original word, which is that the first commandment from heaven is Read.” Then he said: “Today we are launching a cultural and intellectual edifice for our generations to implement this commandment,” meaning the divine commandment to read, and we are a nation of “read.”

He said: “We want the library to be a house of wisdom in which researchers meet, young people innovate and knowledge is formulated in it. We do not want the library only as a place for books, but as a place that attracts young people and stimulates their literary, cultural and cognitive spirit.” His Highness indicated that the importance of the library as a comprehensive knowledge concept, He said, "We seek to redefine the library as a meaning and a building in our world." He said, "This library is a continuation of the efforts made by the state to consolidate reading in society and make the book a part of life."

This is the lofty determination of His Highness to advance the nation in terms of knowledge and culture. He is the expert that knowledge is the key to civilized advancement. He also calls upon the sons of his people and the Arab and Islamic nation to carry out their knowledge duty;

It prepares the way for them and assists them with what the Holy Book calls them to in terms of reading, learning and understanding to reach the knowledge of God Almighty first, then open the horizons of progress and advancement of the nation, and win the stakes of civil civilization, for all of this can only be realized with knowledge, and the Book is the window to knowledge, and this is what The approach of the great scholars of all times, and as al-Zamakhshari said:

A book that I sit with a sociable person is more beloved to me than a lady

And I taught it to show me the centuries in presence, and the greatest of them studied it

Before him, Abu al-Tayyib said:

The dearest place in the world is a swimming saddle... and the best companion in time is a book

Others said:

Yes, if you are alone with a book, you will play with it if your loved ones betray you

Do not reveal a secret if you entrust it and benefit from it wisdom and righteousness

Another said:

And every student has the pleasure of a park, and the most delicious excursion is a world in his books.

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