What is the tafakkur in islam? What is the concept of thinking in islam? What does thinking society means?
Because man lives within the undeviating harmony of this universe after his birth, he gets used to its faultless operation.
Before an aircraft takes off, the following announcement is made:
“- If the oxygen level drops, the masks will fall and the tubes will be activated. Use them as instructed…”
However, nobody in this world worries about whether or not the oxygen level will drop tomorrow. We feel no worry about what happens if the morning does not come, if the sun does not rise or if the spring does not come. However, those who contemplate recognize the perfect order in this system. This is because Allah Almighty says in several places in the Qur’an:
“…verily in that are signs for those who reflect.” (al-Rum, 30: 21; al-Jathiya, 45: 13).
In other words, such wisdom will open to the comprehension of those who watch the divine exhibits. Of course, this happens in accordance with the level of the heart. Those who watch the Satanic exhibits, i.e. the hearts indulged in sins, are deaf and blind regarding these divine manifestations. Because it is expressed in a verse,
Mawlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi says:
“Just like the water gets purified by evaporation in the sky, clean your soul from all selfish stains by getting closer to Allah Almighty. Evaporate your selfish states. Annihilate them and get your share from the mystery of being the best exemplar!”
“Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen, nor canst thou cause the deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back in retreat.” (al-Naml, 27: 80)
Because disbelievers are like living corpses.
For example, let us contemplate the water that is indispensable for our lives:
It rains, snows, and then the sun has some of this water evaporate and ascend to the sky again. The water, as much as Mediterranean Sea, circulates around the sky and falls as rain to the places determined by Allah. It is the same water that repeats this cycle since the creation of the world. It is the nutrition for plants. It circulates in people’s and other living beings’ bodies. It gets polluted and becomes dirty but then it evaporates, gets cleansed and then returns back to earth as a blessing. If the adventure of a glass of water is tried to be written, it cannot fit into hundreds of volumes.
Mawlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi applies this cycle to man in a wise and exemplary manner and makes the water speak through the language of its state. Water tells the following:
Source: Basic Islamic Principles (ʿilmi ḥāl) According to the Four Sunni Schools With Evidence From The Sources of Islamic Law, Prof. Hamdi Döndüren, Erkam Publications