The Quranic Teachings

     "O Mankind! There has come to you from your Guardian-Lord and exhortation, a prescription
for the minds, a guidance and beneficence for those who believe" [10:57].
 

The Holy Quran emphasizes a lot on thinking and pondering. One must understand that there are different ways of thinking, two of them being: 'analytical thinking' and 'system thinking'.  'Analytical thinking', in the study of the Quran, focuses on breaking the Quran into its constituent parts and studying the individual verses in isolation  whereas 'system thinking' works by expanding the view to take into account larger and larger number of other verses of the Quran relevant to the topic under study, and seeing the 'big picture'. The two different ways of thinking may sometimes lead to strikingly different conclusions. While studying the Quran, it is always advisable to exercise 'system thinking' and never lose site of the 'big picture' of the Quranic Injunctions. Some people approach the Quran with 'analytical thinking' taking the verses in isolation, often ending up drawing wrong conclusions from the study of the Quran.

04/09/2006

Important

And do not follow (blindly) any information of which you have no (direct) knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception, you must verify it for yourself. (In the Court of your Lord,) you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning."[17:36]