Now as you ponder that question, maybe you're thinking about the first day of preschool or kindergarten, the first time that kids are in a classroom with a teacher.

So do you not ponder?

So do you not ponder?

Just ponder over what you sow

Just ponder over what you sow

Ponder upon the soil you till,

Ponder upon the soil you till,

Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer how little do you ponder!

Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer how little do you ponder!

And We left it as a sign so is there one who would ponder?

And We left it as a sign so is there one who would ponder?

But before I do, I just want you to ponder this graph for a moment.

The question to ponder before intervening with force in another country is whether doing so is likely to improve matters, save lives, and make the world more secure. Yes, violence against citizens, whether by sarin gas or helicopter gunships, is a moral obscenity.

And it makes you ponder why those pioneers failed.

Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed

Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed

We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder?

We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder?

And We created all things in pairs, so that you may ponder.

And We created all things in pairs, so that you may ponder.

Speak to him with gentle words perhaps he will ponder or fear'

Speak to him with gentle words perhaps he will ponder or fear'

But, in the wake of the American led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the intervention in Libya, is not the same experiment being repeated almost a century later? That is the question that realistic policymakers should be asking themselves as they ponder what to do in Syria.

Thereupon they will say, To Allah proclaim, Therefore why do you not ponder?

Thereupon they will say, To Allah proclaim, Therefore why do you not ponder?

Will they not ponder the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

We created all things in pairs, so that you may reflect and ponder.

Will they not ponder the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

We created all things in pairs, so that you may reflect and ponder.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Do they not ponder that their companion is far removed from insanity? In fact he is clearly a Herald of Warning.

Do they not ponder that their companion is far removed from insanity? In fact he is clearly a Herald of Warning.

A Book We have sent down to thee, Blessed, that men possessed of minds may ponder its signs and so remember.

A Book We have sent down to thee, Blessed, that men possessed of minds may ponder its signs and so remember.

Ponder then they not on the Qur'an? Were it from other than Allah they would surely find therein many a contradiction.

Ponder then they not on the Qur'an? Were it from other than Allah they would surely find therein many a contradiction.

And speak to him courteously, that perhaps he may ponder or have some fear.

And We have indeed destroyed your kind, so is there one who would ponder?

And speak to him courteously, that perhaps he may ponder or have some fear.

And We have indeed destroyed your kind, so is there one who would ponder?

Ponder then they not on the Qur'an, or are on the hearts locks thereof?

Ponder then they not on the Qur'an, or are on the hearts locks thereof?

So let's try asking a question, like a health related question.

And We indeed sent down the Word continuously for them, so that they may ponder.