Week 1-2 Status and Encouragment of Thinking in ISlam
Week 1-2 Status and Encouragment of Thinking in ISlam
Week 1-2 Status and Encouragment of Thinking in ISlam
Problem Solving
Lecture No. 1
1. Definition of Concepts
2. Quranic Terminology
for thinking: (Tafakkur,
Taaqqul, Naar,
Tafaqquh, Tawassum,
etc.)
3. Status of Thinking in
Islam
4. Benefits of Thinking
5. Encouragement of Islam
to Thinking
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY
Creative imaginations is
important as it is the
power of recombining
former experiences in the
creation of new images
directed at a specific goal
or aiding the solution of a
problems.
Creativity is expressed in
the quality of the solutions
that come up with when
the problem solved.
WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
An ability
Ability to imagine or
invent something new.
Not only the ability to
create out of nothing
(only God can do that),
but the ability to
generate new ideas by
combining, changing, or
reapplying existing
ideas.
Some ideas are
astonishing and brilliant,
while others are just
simple, good, practical
ideas that no one seems
to have thought yet.
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WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
An attitude
The ability to accept change
and newness, a willingness to
play with ideas and
possibilities, a flexibility of
outlook, the habit of enjoying
the good, while looking for
ways to improve it.
For example, accepting a
small number of permitted or
normal things, like chocolatecovered strawberries.
WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
A process
Creative people work hard
and continually to improve
ideas and solutions, by
making gradual alternations
and refinements to their
works.
THINKING
Deliberate exploration of
experiences for a
purpose
Most fundamental skills
of humans.
Determine happiness
and success of life
Fun and enjoyable if
learn it effectively.
THINKING
As thinking, creative, social beings, humans
are set apart from other creatures by their
position as Gods stewards on earth.
Human decisions are influenced not only by
knowledge and rational comprehension, but
by the heart and the emotions as well.
The question now is: will it be possible for the
Muslim communitys thinkers and reformers
to appreciate the dynamism of cultural
progress and, in so doing, to extricate
(remove) their community from the abyss
(void) of backwardness and help its members
to regain an authentic, vital Islamic vision of
goodness and forward movement
Creativity is more
important than
knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Creative thinking
As a process where the
available resources and
information are explored
first.
Creative thinking is a
special part from factual
thinking which covers
wider field
Creative thinking inclines
more to the artistic value
that some might say it is
used for its benefits.
A ) Thinking
mental ability
reasoning
deliberating
deliberate exploration of
experience for a purpose This
purpose can be
- understanding
- decision making
- planning
- problem solving
- judgment
- action etc
B ) Creative
Gardler-psychologist
Critical Thinking
Reason is not a type of subject matter, but
rather an instrument or tool without which it
would not be possible for human beings to
perceive, judge, or compare
The formalism of Greek thought and logic
and the mythical bent of its doctrine and
philosophy had notably deleterious effect on
the course of Islamic thought in its doctrinal,
intellectual, and cultural dimensions alike.
Preoccupation with doctrinal, metaphysical,
and theological sophistries (illogicalities)
exhausted the energies of Muslim scholars
and philosophers
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
If the claims or assumptions under
discussion are found to agree with facts
before us, they may be said to be correct.
Otherwise, we know there to be some flaw
in our understanding that needs to be
addressed through further research,
thought, and investigation. This is why the
Quran speaks so frequently of the process
of trying to understand (al-tadabbur)
using ones reason (al-aql/ al-taaqqul),
reflection (al-tafakkur), and seeing (alibsar).
2.Tabassur ()
* Insight The ability to
perceive clearly or deeply;
penetration
- have mentioned 83 times in
Quran
8: 50 (
)
3. Taaqqul
* To bear in mind: to be
reasonable
- have mentioned 49 times in
Quran
22 : 46 (
)
4. Nadzar ( )
* Reflect
- have been mentioned 34 times in
Quran
9 : 127 (
)
5. Tawassum
Ponder: To consider with
thoroughness and care.
have mentioned 1 time in Quran
15 : 75
6. Itibar ()
* To derive lessons
7. Tazakkur ( ) To remember
BENEFITS OF CREATIVE
THINKING
It helps to solve the
problems in order and
step-by-step form.1
Improves the mind abilities
and qualities of thinking1
Produce new ideas and
views 1
Help to control our mind as
long as thinking to solve
problems is concerned 0.5
Help us to be positive
towards the failure and reproduce success. 1
BENEFITS OF CREATIVE
THINKING & PROBLEM
SOLVING
Personal benefits- enriched
life, successful career and
balanced thinking. 0.5
Business and industry
benefits- through
teamwork, meeting
customer needs, and
continuous improvement,
companies innovate and
complete worldwide
works.0.5
* Society benefits- solutions
to many serious economic,
social and environmental
problems are found when
people work together
creatively. 0.5
BENEFITS OF CREATIVE
THINKING & PROBLEM
SOLVING
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
Three interrelated stages that
encourage us to think;
1- Thinking about the existence of
God leads to stronger faith and
better knowledge of His
attributes.
2-Using our mind to think
provides us with conception,
information and ideas.
3- Paying closer and greater
attention to that information and
thought may lead to new ideas
and solutions. It also leads to
appreciation.
The Quran has encouraged
thinking and made reading and
proclaiming as a necessary tool
for understanding and action.
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
Through reading and thinking
one can reach important
conclusions and achieve vital
ideas and solutions.
Reading and thinking lead to
knowledge, understanding,
ideas, solutions and actions.
Through reading and thinking,
we can examine our nature,
formulate ideas and make
conclusions that would lead us to
understand about our world and
ourselves.
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
To cite some Quranic verses,
Proclaim! ( or Read! ) in the
name of thy Lord and Cherisher,
Who created- Al Alaq : 1 and
another verses : O Lord! Increase
my knowledge- Taha : 114.
The second discussion in Quran is
the call for excellence ( Ihsan) that
means we seeing Allah as Allah
seeing us. In other word, we must
alert and aware everything we do in
our life that not against Allahs
order, verily God doth see all
they do . Al-Anfaal : 39 .
We must remember and think of
Allah in all of time in doing
something. This thinking can lead
us to do the right things in a
complete and nicely.
Encouragement of Islam to
Thinking
The huge number of questions
mentioned in the Holly Quran
reflects the encouragement of
Islam to thinking
The role of scholar and thinkers
is given high value in Islam.
Encouragement to
Thinking In Islam
Ijtihad and Fiqh as a Problem
Solving
Fiqh based on ijtihad to solve
problem among Muslim society.
It can be done with tafakkur.
Ijtihad means striving or selfexertion in any activity.
Encouragement
According one hadith from Muadh
ibn Jabal when the prophet sent him
to Yaman for preaching Islam. The
prophet (peace be upon him) asked
Muadh :
What will you do if you are faced
by a problem ? Muadh replied: I
will refer it to the book of Allah. The
prophet asked Muadh again: What
about if it is not mentioned in the
book of Allah.
Muadh answered: I will refer it to
The Sunnah of The Prophet of Allah.
The Prophet asked for the third time:
What will you do if you cannot find
it there. Muadh responded
confidently: Then I will do ijtihad.
Encouragement
The Prophet was so happy about
the answer given by Muadh and
approved his last statement
pertaining to performing Ijtihad.
The concept of Maqasid has
developed from the consequence
of Ijtihad. As one of a
contemporary scholar of Islam Ibnu
Ashur emphasized that knowledge
of the science of Maqasid was
indispensable to Ijtihad in all its
manifestations. Maqasid is an
object of shariah.
Its also known as the weighing
between benefit and harm."
..." " " .
Encouragement
The conditions of Islamic creative
thinking:
1-Aims are determined by Shari a
2-Creativity should not contradict Shari
a
3-Creativity should lead to more
knowledge about God
3-Creativity can be in anything that
leads to scientific advancement which
leads to social progress
5-Creativity can be in anything that
strengthens Muslims.
6-Creativity can be in anything that
enhance clarity of Islamic message and
causes it to spread all over the world.
Stewardship means the ability to make conscious decisions
Encouragement
Encouragement
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Thank You
Very Much