Ma`rifat

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of explaining the role of thinking in teaching religious concepts from the perspective of Professor Ali Safayee Ha’eri. The research method was descriptive-analytical. The results showed that thinking means reflection literally, but based on the definition given by Professor Safayee, it means solving the unknown. He proposed three types of religion: hereditary, traditional and emotional, and the kind of religion he believed in was true religion. True religion is a religion whose basis is knowledge, knowledge that illuminates the different dimensions of human beings and existence. This knowledge is achieved through thinking and thinking is created by asking calculated and fundamental questions. It is the duty of the teacher to consider the path as short and the time as limited, to stimulate the mind of students by posing basic and fundamental questions, and to help them find answers to these questions. However, to think correctly, it is necessary to have information or raw material that is free from imitations and indoctrinations. Collecting information should be done with contemplation and freeing oneself from captivity is possible through rationality. Therefore, thinking along with contemplation and rationality can be helpful in teaching religious concepts.