Fikra ni akili na ufahamu. Inaitwa fikra ingawa maana yake ni kufikiri, yaani mchakato wa kufikiri na kutoa hukumu juu ya mambo na masuala. Pia maana yake ni matokeo ya kufikiri, yaani kile ambacho mtu anafikia kwa hukumu, kupitia akili yake au mchakato wake wa kufikiri. Tunapozungumzia 'fikra ya Magharibi' tunamaanisha yote yaliyotajwa hapo juu. Ina maana ya mchakato wa kufikiri unaofuatwa na Magharibi, mbinu yake ya kuhukumu mambo na masuala, yaani mbinu yake ya kimantiki na vigezo vyake. Pia inajumuisha matunda ya akili yake na zao la kufikiri kwake, kwa upande wa maarifa, mawazo na dhana, vinavyojidhihirisha kama itikadi, ustaarabu na utamaduni.

Thought is the intellect and comprehension. It is called thought though it means thinking i.e. the thinking process and passing judgment upon things and matters. It is also means the result of thinking i.e. what a man arrives at of judgment, through his intellect or thinking process. What we mean by saying ‘Western thought’ is all of the above. It means the thinking process adopted by the West, its method of judging things and matters i.e. its methodology and its criteria. It also includes the fruits of its intellect and the product of its thinking, with respect to knowledge, thoughts and concepts, manifested as ideology, civilization and culture.

Maana ya kukanusha ni kuvunja muundo wake wa kifikra, kubatilisha hukumu na suluhisho zake, na kupinga hoja zake. Ni kuweka wazi kosa lake na ubatili wake, na kuvuta umakini kwa upotovu wake, ndani ya fikra zake, matokeo yake, elimu yake, mbinu yake, msingi wake, ustaarabu wake na utamaduni wake. Kukanusha fikra za Magharibi ni kukanusha msingi ambao fikra za Magharibi zimejengwa juu yake. Si lazima kukanusha fikra zake zote ndogo, au dhana zake za pili, kwa kuwa itikadi, ustaarabu na tamaduni zimejengwa juu ya nguzo, madai na misingi ambayo ni ya kipekee kwao. Suluhisho zinazotokana nazo pia zinajumuisha hukumu. Fikra ndogo zinajengwa juu yake, na elimu imejengwa juu yake pia. Kukanusha hupatikana kwa kuharibu mizizi na misingi, huku ukibomoa nguzo, na hivyo kuharibu kila kilichojengwa juu yake. Hivyo, ni kuthibitisha ubatili wa dhana za Magharibi kuhusu maisha na kuvuta umakini kwa upotovu wa suluhisho za Magharibi kwa mambo yote ya maisha.

What is meant by the refutation is the demolition of its intellectual structure, invalidation of its rulings and treatments and refuting its arguments. It is the clarification of its error and invalidity, drawing attention to its corruption, within its thinking, its consequence, knowledge, method, basis, civilization and culture. Refuting the Western thought is the refutation of the foundation upon which the Western thought is established. It is not necessary to refute all of its sub-thoughts, or secondary concepts, since ideologies, civilizations and cultures are based on pillars, claims and foundations that are unique to them. The treatments emanating from them also include rulings. Sub-thoughts are built upon them, whilst knowledge is established upon them. Refutation is achieved by destroying the roots and the foundations, whilst demolishing the pillars, consequently destroying all that was built upon it. Thus, it is confirming the invalidity of Western concepts about life and drawing attention to the corruption of Western treatments for all the affairs of life.

Hii ni radd (jibu la kukanusha) la msingi ambao fikra za Magharibi zimejengwa juu yake.

This is the refutation of the foundation upon which the Western thought is built.

Ili kuanza mchakato wa kulipinga fikra hii, ni lazima tuweke wazi kiini cha fikra ya Magharibi, mtazamo wake wa kiimani, mbinu yake ya kueneza itikadi hiyo, falsafa yake, namna inavyolishughulikia mambo, msingi wake, misingi yake, thamani zake na vigezo vyake. Kabla ya hayo yote, tutatafakari muktadha wa kihistoria, tukifafanua kuibuka kwa fikra kama hii na vyanzo vyake. Hii itakuwa utangulizi wa kusaidia kufikia kiini cha fikra ambayo utafiti huu umejengwa juu yake. Utangulizi huu unaruhusu kufikia uelewa ulio wazi na thabiti kuhusu uhalisia wake, jambo ambalo nalo litasaidia kuelewa sifa zake na tabia zake za kipekee.

To initiate the refutation process, it is necessary that we clarify the essence of the Western thought, its doctrinal view, its method in spreading the ideology, its philosophy, its treatment, foundation, basis, values and criteria. Before all of that, we will reflect upon the historical context, clarifying the emergence of such a thought and its sources. This would be an introduction to help accessing the nature of the thought upon which this research is done. It allows the arriving at the crystallized awareness about its reality, which in turn would assist understanding its features and peculiarities.