The kalimah in the Qur’an such as “do they not look?”, “think!”, “do they not ponder?” and a lot more shows that the Qur’an lead man to think and the mind is given an importance in the Qur’an.
Badiuzzaman Said Nursi defines the mind as the purest distilled essence of consciousness, the most precious device of man, a luminous substance, a key that reveals the secrets in the nature, a divine guide that prepares man for the bliss of the eternal life, a wise gift that shows man high aims …show more content…
It all comes in the form of fi'il mudhari'. Especially the word that is connected with wawu jama'ah, like the form of ta'qilun or ya'qilun. The verb Ta'qilun repeats 24 times and ya'qilun verbs 22 times. Meanwhile, the verbs 'aqala, na'qilu, and ya'qilu each existed once.
In addition to the use of the word 'aql, the use of reason as a tool of thought in the Qur'an is often expressed with the word faqiha, dabbara, tafakkara, and tadzakkara. These various words can be induced into a similar understanding that brings the same meaning as above.
Harun Nasution in his book Akal dan Wahyu(Mind and Revelation) in Islam says that reason in the sense of Islam is a power of thought in the human psyche as depicted in the Qur'an which gained knowledge by observing the natural surroundings. In contrast to the revelation that brings knowledge from outside of the human self which is God.
Subsequently, the Qur'an often uses the word qalbu to point to reason. Hence the notion of reason refers to all human ability to comprehend. Thus includes intuition, inspiration, and