التَّفَكُّرُ Thinking

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]