1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التفكُّرُ يَدعُو إلَى البِرِّ والعَمَلِ بهِ. |
1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Thinking instigates goodness and action upon it.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 55, no. 5] |
2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَفَكَّرَ أبصَرَ. |
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who thinks perceives.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31] |
3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أكثَرَ الفِكرَ فيما تَعَلَّمَ أتقَنَ عِلمَهُ، وفَهِمَ ما لم يَكُن يَفهَمُ. |
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever increases his thinking in whatever he learns, his knowledge will become proficient, and he will come to understand whatever he did not understand before.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8917] |
4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا عِلمَ كالتَّفكُّرِ . |
4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no knowledge like thinking.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113] |
5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفِكرُ مِرآةٌ صافِيَةٌ. |
5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Thinking is a transparent mirror.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 5] |
6ـ الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التفكُّرُ حَياةُ قَلبِ البَصيرِ. |
6– Imam Hasan (AS) said, ‘Thinking is the life of the heart of the cognizant.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 115, no. 11] |
7ـ الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اُوصيكُم بتَقوَى اللّهِ وإدامَةِ التَّفَكُّرِ ؛ فإنَّ التَّفَكُّرَ أبو كُلِّ خَيرٍ واُمُّهُ. |
7– Imam Hasan (AS) said, ‘I advise you with Godwariness and continuous thinking, for thinking is the father and mother of all good.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 52] |
8ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفِكرَةُ مِرآةُ الحَسَناتِ وكَفّارَةُ السَّيّئاتِ. |
8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A thought is the mirror of merits and the penance for vices.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 327, no. 22] |