[13] ” And God Says...

[13] ” And God Says: “When He decides (to create or ordain something), He merely says, “Be!” and it becomes (what He willed) [14] .” So Natural Laws are for the creation which humankind try to understand and work with and are studied within the scope of science.

But it is upon the discretion of God to let certain events occur beyond the bounds of laws of natures, i.e., the miracles, classified by the science as chaotic and unexplainable, to all of these, science seems to have slightly better explanation today than in the past. [15] Islam encourages ‘Deep Thinking’: The words ‘Taffakur and Taddabar’ have frequently been used in the Holy Quran, meaning to invoke deep thinking (ponding/contemplating).

And God discourages the wishful thinking (day dreaming) [16] and God has Commanded us to contemplate (Taffakur and Taddabar) on universe, Ayat (Signs Created by God), to renegade misconceptions and to be appreciative to the Nature and respect and protect it. Initially, when one contemplates, several questions and unresolved issues are realised in one’s mind which prompt a quest for the answers within oneself and one starts looking for the answers.

When one looks further, God Helps, and Guides him. [17] . (In a long tradition 6 th successor -c. 702–765 CE, of the Prophet said) And know that whatever Allah has Ordered you to avoid, so He has Prohibited it, and follow the footsteps of the Messenger of Allah, and his Sunnah, so adhere to it and do not follow your own desires, and your opinions, for you will go astray.

The most misguided of the people with Allah is the one who follows his own desires and his opinion without (following the) Guidance from Allah (an extract). [18] For further reading, please visit the link: Deep Thinking – Taffakur and Taddabar | Hubeali.com Islam encourages one to learn, from all knowledgeable ones, regardless of their faith and allegiances, i.e., Islam says: ‘ The wisdom is a lost property of a believer, so take the wisdom, and even if it is from the people of hostility ’’.

[19] And ‘ frequent looking into the knowledge, opens the intellect ’. [20] . In Quran, one is encouraged to supplicate to Lord: and say: ‘Lord! Increase me in knowledge!’ [20:114] . In Islam, knowledge and knowledgeable ones are highly regarded, i.e., in a tradition it is: ‘The knowledge is superior than the wealth by seven (aspects): The first, it is an inheritance of the Prophets, and the wealth is the inheritance of the Pharaohs.