He also said:

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Allah mentions that He raises in rank whomever He wills, both in the account of Abraham’s debate and in the account of Joseph’s stratagem. For this reason, the early generations said: “Through knowledge.” The context of the verses indicates this.

The account of Abraham concerns knowledge of argumentation and debate to protect religion from an opponent’s harm, while the account of Joseph concerns knowledge of practical management and planning to obtain the desired benefit. The former concerns knowledge of how to avert harm to religion, and the latter knowledge of how to secure benefits. Or one may say: the former is knowledge that protects religion from harm and secures its benefit, while the latter is knowledge of how to protect worldly affairs from harm and secure their benefit.

Or one may say: the account of Abraham concerns knowledge of beneficial words when they are needed, while the account of Joseph concerns knowledge of beneficial actions when they are needed. Thus, to secure benefit and avert harm, what is needed may be speech, or it may be . . . (1).

This is why those deficient in knowledge of arguments and proofs, and in knowledge of practical management