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Reflection
al-naẓar
النَّظَر
(naẓar, also fikr) is arranging known things so as to reach something unknown.
Explanation
is the set of rules for this arranging, which is why it protects the mind from error in thinking.
moves from known to an unknown conception, or from known to an unknown assent.
Also written as: nazar, fikr, reasoning, thinking.
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Test yourself
3 questions. With 6 out of 10 or more (two stars) the next term opens.
Question 1
What is reflection (naẓar, also called fikr)?
النَّظَر
is arranging what is already known so as to reach something not yet known.
Question 2
A student knows that every human is an animal and that Zayd is a human, and puts these together to conclude that Zayd is an animal. What is he doing?
He arranges known to reach one he did not know before, which is .
Question 3
How is logic related to reflection?
gives the rules for arranging the known to reach the unknown, which is why it protects the mind from error in thinking.
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