When logic is subject to destiny, think like the Prophet! – Darul Ma’arif Islamic Boarding School

Darulmaarif.net – July 17, 2025 | 08.00 WIB

Today’s modern humans live in the hustle and bustle of information, floods of social demands, and pressure to be “perfect” outwardly. However, behind all the achievements, hidden existential anxiety: What is all this for?, Where is my life?And Why does the heart still feel empty?

These questions are not only psychological problems, but touch the roots of human existence. And at this point we have to “Thinking like the Prophet” As a simple but radical offer: Come back to the pure way of thinking of the Prophet.

The silence of the Prophet and Wisdom forgotten

Instead of showing the Prophet’s figure as a political figure or moralistic hero, I want to highlight contemplative moments In the life of the Prophet Muhammad. One of the points of prophetic history is when he talks with the cave of Hira ‘, not as an activist, but as a seeker of meaning.

In that silence, revelation was revealed. In that quiet, history changed, re -constructed.
And from that silence, we are invited to reflect awareness:

“Do you think that today still leaves space for silence and surrender?”

Subject: Active Spiritual Road

Often surrender (tawakal) is misunderstood as a passive attitude or surrender. In an existential view, confirms that Subject is active awarenesswhich was born from recognition of human limitations and the greatness of God.

Thinking like the Prophet means:

• Recognize that not all must be controlled,
• Realize that life is not about winning or losing,
• And dare to believe that There is wisdom in things that cannot be explained.

In a world that demands control and extreme rationalization, resignation is not defeat, however spiritual independence.

Beyond dichotomy: success vs failed, right vs wrong

In modern life that is fast -paced and is often measured on a quantitative scale – the yield, results, achievements, and success – we are often trapped in a binary mindset: winning or losing, right or wrong, success or failure. This dichotomy not only simplifies the complexity of life, but also misleads our perception of the true meaning of an experience. In fact, if you look at the way the prophets think and behave, we will find something that is far deeper than just right or wrong. The prophets teach that life is not about seeking absolute justification or victory over the others, but rather about maturing the soul in the face of paradoxes, ambiguity, and world equality.

The Prophet Muhammad, for example, did not always answer every problem of his people with rigid legal firmness. In many moments, he actually prioritizes empathy, affection, and sharp spiritual intuition. When a Bedouin Arab urinated in the mosque, he did not necessarily judge or punish him, but instead let him finish, then clean the place and explain gently. This is an important lesson: that not everything must be responded to with legal logic or true-wrong verdict. There is a broad space for understanding, affection, and inner education.

Thinking of the Prophet means to dive into the meaning behind the events, not just react to the surface of the facts. What is emphasized is not how broad the scope of our knowledge is, but how deep our understanding of the reality of life. Understanding that was born from a clear heart, not from the ego who wanted to justify themselves. Therefore, in a prophetic perspective, mistakes do not always lead to punishment, and failure is not the end of everything. Both can be the entrance to inner transformation and spiritual growth. Subject to Divine Destiny is not a sign of weakness, but rather the highest form of trust and wisdom that has been mature.

Thus, thinking like the Prophet is thinking with an open heart, a clear mind, and the spirit that is aware that life is not a righteous or false arena, but a long way to find true meaning and goodness in every one.

In thinking the Prophet, what is important is not how much we know, but how deep we understand the meaning of what we experience.

Reflection: Subject as the highest existence

If read in the lens of Islamic philosophy, this idea is in line with the existential Sufism tradition, which was found in the thought of Ibn ‘Arabi, Jalaluddin Ar-Rumi, to the philosophy of the illumination of Al-Ghozali. Subject is not fatalism, but rather the highest form of “inner action”.

I did not speak rigid academic language, but that was his strength. Today, let me invite the reader to:

• Beyond rational anxiety,
• Re -touching clear spirituality,
• And revive divine awareness in thinking.

An invitation to stop for a moment

“Thinking like the Prophet” Not sharia guides or interpretation books. This mirror Honest and gentle, invite us to stop for a moment, calm the heart, and ask:

“Has our way of thinking today reflects the resigned soul, or only the ego disguised as the truth?”

In a world that is busy with analysis, debate, cangkeman here and there, and quick and profane conclusions, perhaps this is our time Stop thinking like an algorithmand start learning Think like the Prophet: In patience, and in freedom.

Algorithmic thinking makes humans often trapped in desire to know everything. Because it is said that knowledge is a tool to find certainty about the meanings in it. Ignorance often makes humans trapped in anxiety, fear, misery.

In fact, ignorance also should need to be interpreted. In order to avoid anxiety in various mysteries of life in the future, and what will happen in it.

With our limitations in many things, and the mystery of life that is still scattered, the only answer is grateful. Grateful means to interpret ignorance and enjoy it, even though the questions are not answered.

And, thinking “like the Prophet” invites us to contemplate the purest existential awareness of self, with all our limitations to return to God whose knowledge is unlimited.

Hope it is useful. Wallohu a’lam.