[4] Introduction: In the Holy Quran, several Verses (see Appendix I) are Revealed where the words related to deep thinking are used, i.e., ‘تَتَفَكَّرُونَ’ , ‘يَتَفَكَّرُونَ’ , ‘يَتَفَكَّرُوا’ , ‘يَتَدَبَّرُونَ’ through these Words Allah -azwj emphasises the need for and importance of pondering for people in order leave misconceptions and develop better understanding of the Divine Commands – while realising the Grand Nature of the Universe created by Allah -azwj , and submitting to Allah -azwj ’s by appreciating the countless Bounties.
Allah -azwj Says: ‘وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَٰذَا بَاطِلًا’ ( and (believers) are thinking regarding the Creation of the skies and the earth: ‘Our Lord! You have not Created this in vain! (3:191) Other places for example, Allah -azwj Rebukes disbelievers by Citing an example, ‘قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْبَصِيرُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ’ ( Say: ‘Are they alike, the blind and the seeing one?
Are you not thinking?’ (6:50) Also, in several Holy Verses, Allah -azwj Says to Ponder on ‘الْآيَاتِ’ , ‘لَآيَاتٍ’, ‘لَآيَةً’ , ‘بِآيَاتِنَا’ (‘Signs’ and ‘Sign’ ‘our Signs’). Can we recognise the Signs of Allah -azwj or, to which particular Sign Allah -azwj is Referring to?
Of course not as our thinking and opinions are flawed and reliance upon ‘opinions’ would lead to grave consequences: عن هشام بن سالم، عن أبي عبدالله (عليه السلام) ، قال: «من فسر القرآن برأيه فأصاب لم يؤجر، و إن أخطأ كان إثمه عليه». From Hisham Bin Salim, who has said: ‘Abu Abd Allah -asws having said: ‘The one who explains the Quran by his opinion , if he gets it right there would be no Reward for him, and if he errs, it would be a sin against him’.
[5] Understanding the Holy Verses: و عنه (عليه السلام): «القرآن ظاهره أنيق، و باطنه عميق، لا تفنى عجائبه، و لا تنقضي غرائبه، و لا تكشف الظلمات إلا به». And from him (the Imam -asws , it is narrated): ‘The Quran (is such that), its apparent is elegant, and its hidden is deep. Its wonders do not cease nor does its strangeness expire, nor can the darkness be removed except by it’’. [6] Here, we come back to our original topic and try to find, from Ahadith, who are the Signs of Allah -azwj ?
The Signs of Allah -azwj قال: و سمعته يقول: «كذبوا بآياتنا كلها، في بطن القرآن، أن كذبوا بالأوصياء كلهم».