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Arabic root

ف-ك-ر

2 words from this root family

A1verb
فَكَّرَ
fakkara

to think / to reflect

Example
فكّرتُ في المسألةِ طويلاً
fakkartu fī al-masʾalati ṭawīlan
I thought about the issue for a long time
Root: ف-ك-رVerbsCognition
Grammar

Form II verb (فَعَّلَ). Past: fakkara, Present: yufakkiru. Takes fī (في) for subject of thought.

B1noun
تَفَكُّرٌ
tafakkur

contemplation / deep thinking / reflection

Example
إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآيَاتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
inna fī khalqi as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhitilāfi al-layli wan-nahāri laʾāyātin li-ulī al-albāb
Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth and the alternation of night and day are signs for those of understanding (3:190)
Root: ف-ك-رQuranic
Grammar

Form V maṣdar. Verb: تَفَكَّرَ (to think deeply/contemplate). The Quran repeatedly asks: أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ (will you not then reflect?).

Culture

Tafakkur is an act of worship in Islam. The Quran urges contemplation of nature, history, and one's own self as paths to knowing God.