The ink of scholars (used in writing) is weighed on the Day of Judgement with the blood of martyrs and the ink of scholars outweighs the blood of martyrs.

The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr. | The Islamic Review, Vol. 22 (1934), p. 105, edited by Khwajah Kamal al-Din | The ink of scholars will be weighed in the scale with the blood of martyrs. | As quoted in Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology (2004) by John Renard

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