Studying history elevates courage, fosters determination, encourages virtuous deeds, and deters wrongdoing. It enhances wisdom, foresight, prudence, and caution. It alleviates sorrow and brings joy. Historical study strengthens the ability to uphold truth and refute falsehood, sharpens decision-making, and instills patience and steadfastness, keeping the mind and heart fresh and vibrant. In short, history is a profound preacher and a supreme source of lessons. Through it, one feels present in the assemblies of kings, conquerors, prophets, saints, philosophers, and scholars, benefiting from their wisdom. It helps avoid the mistakes of past leaders, and no other science can be studied with such joy and without fatigue as history.