Reflection

al-naẓar

النَّظَر

Reflection (naẓar, also fikr) is arranging known things so as to reach something unknown.

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Explanation

Logic is the set of rules for this arranging, which is why it protects the mind from error in thinking.

Reflection moves from known conceptions to an unknown conception, or from known assents to an unknown assent.

Also written as: nazar, fikr, reasoning, thinking.

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