Haydar esmaeili; ali .fathollahi; allahyar rahmati
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One cannot ignore the importance of morality and its role in human happiness. It is because of its importance and the constructive role it plays in human life that both divine and materialistic schools of philosophy have some sort of moral style and philosophy of morality. The shared aspect of these ...
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One cannot ignore the importance of morality and its role in human happiness. It is because of its importance and the constructive role it plays in human life that both divine and materialistic schools of philosophy have some sort of moral style and philosophy of morality. The shared aspect of these schools of philosophy is that they consider ethics and the style of moral life as distinct and sometimes different from the spiritual and religious life. In some cases, the difference is so great that it has led to the separation of religion from morality, as is the case with Aristotelian ethics and Greek ethics as represented by western thinkers like _________________________ * Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach h_e1718@yahoo.com ** Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach ali.Fathollahi@yahoo.com *** Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach rahmati.allahyar@yahoo.com Reception date: 99/9/16 Acceptance date: 99/10/1 Kant and Machiavelli. As all divine religions share the same essence and are originated from the same source, and if they vary, the difference is due to the divine law which is subject to temporal and spatial conditions. Moreover, life style is consistent with the divine law and rules of divine religions and there is no morality without religion. These are the reasons why we decided to study the moral principles of the divine religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). The outcomes of the study are very interesting as they evidence the closeness and alignment of moral precepts in all divine religions. It is hoped that other scholars would explore other ethical aspects of the Abrahamic religions. The present study adopted a descriptive analytical method using library resources.
mohsen izadi; seyyed mohammad javad seyyd hashemi; Ali Badpa
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The issue of temporal creation has been a point of divergence among Islamic philosophers and theologians. Adhering to the superficial meaning of sacred texts, Islamic theologians have often argued for temporal creation of the whole universe, including the worlds of angles and nature and on the opposite ...
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The issue of temporal creation has been a point of divergence among Islamic philosophers and theologians. Adhering to the superficial meaning of sacred texts, Islamic theologians have often argued for temporal creation of the whole universe, including the worlds of angles and nature and on the opposite side, Islamic philosophers have insisted on essential creation of the non-materials and the basic material. Mulla Sadra also believes in the eternity of the world, but tries to propose his theory in such a way that it would not be in opposition with the superficial meaning of Quranic verses and Islamic hadith (temporal creation), using especially his own ideas like “substantial motion”. The present article is an attempt to collect Mulla Sadra’s views on the verses and hadith he has cited in his work pertaining to temporal creation and to compare them to the views of theologians. Although the superficial meaning of the verses and hadiths shows that the world starts from inexistence, there is no clear affirmation of the temporal creation of the whole universe or its creation from non-existence. Considering time as existing independent of the world not only creates problems in reasoning, it is also not in consistent with the superficial meaning of the Quranic verses and hadith.
seyed ali shaygan; hasan saeidi
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The holy Qur'an was revealed as universal Law to the great Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in an environment in which many religions including Judaism, Christianity, Magianism and Sabeanism had many followers. As a result, in addition to addressing the polytheists, the holy Prophet (PBUH) had many encounters ...
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The holy Qur'an was revealed as universal Law to the great Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in an environment in which many religions including Judaism, Christianity, Magianism and Sabeanism had many followers. As a result, in addition to addressing the polytheists, the holy Prophet (PBUH) had many encounters with the monotheistic religions from the very beginning of his mission. A large number of the Quranic verses are dedicated to this topic. In reference to this environment, a dialogue between the followers of the Qur'an and other monotheistic religions was initiated and span throughout the history of Islam. As a result of their engagement with these discussions, some followers of these religions converted to Islam, but a great majority insisted on their opposition and carried out hostile actions against Islam. One of these hostile positions is the accusation that the holy Prophet (PBUH) did not know about Judaism and Christianity until he heard of them in Mecca and Medina. Unfortunately, a lot of pagans have fueled the opposition. All this has happened in the face of the fact that the holy Qur'an considers itself as the protector of the Torah and the Bible and levels criticisms against the errors that Christians and Jews were unaware of. Islamic scholars believe that, although Abrahamic religions and their scriptures have similarities, the Qur'an and the Prophet (pbuh) have not been influenced by the followers of Christianity due to the fact that the holy Qur'an consider itself protector of Abrahamic religions and explicitly invalidates a large number of the beliefs attributed to Christians and Jews. What reveals the necessity of this research is that it can pave the way for future research and call the attention of ordinary people at present and in future to these issues. Lack of concern and attention to these issues, especially from the perspective of pure Shiite Islam, may lead to destructive and harmful effects on Islam and the Quranic teachings. The present study is an attempt to extract the views of Orientalists and determine the boundaries of the issues while examining and criticizing the views expressed toward these issues from the perspective of the Shiite school. It intends to show how the opponents have relied on unreliable Islamic sources, made deviant, incomplete and incorrect interpretations, and most importantly drawn upon written and oral sources of the people of the scripture.
abdolhadi rezaeetalarposhti; دکتر محمد رضا ضمیری; mohammad sadegh jamshidi
Volume 18, Issue 3 , January 0, , Pages 87-108
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Moral relativism is one of the most important topics in moral philosophy that has created a lot of challenges and reactions from moral piety and post- structuralist mortality perspectives. In its principles and morality values, moral relativism benefits from the bases of ontology, epistemology and anthropology ...
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Moral relativism is one of the most important topics in moral philosophy that has created a lot of challenges and reactions from moral piety and post- structuralist mortality perspectives. In its principles and morality values, moral relativism benefits from the bases of ontology, epistemology and anthropology relying on a philosophical theological approach. Its origins can be found in issues such as skepticism, rationalism, pluralism, relativism in wisdom and cognition, humanism and unreligious self-centeredness. This philosophic view has instituted a practicable morality under which contemporary man has been deprived from true perfection informed by the Islamic sources since human beings’ inclination toward moral relativity on the one hand and its consequences on the other hand have moved human being away from spiritual teachings and made them overlook absolute and subjective morality which is informed by qur’anic verses and Islamic narratives. Adopting an analytic explanatory approach, the present article tries to show that moral relativism is inefficient in achieving the ultimate goal of morality.
Dr.mahdi davarpanah; Dr.seyedahmad hashemialiabadi
Volume 19, Issue 4 , January 0, , Pages 105-128
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Ahmad Sobhi Mansour is considered as one of the most influential contemporary Qur'anic scholars in this field, which is the main basis for his tendencies. The present article, while examining Mansouri's views on the Qur'an and the position of the tradition of the Prophet of God, provides a critical look ...
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Ahmad Sobhi Mansour is considered as one of the most influential contemporary Qur'anic scholars in this field, which is the main basis for his tendencies. The present article, while examining Mansouri's views on the Qur'an and the position of the tradition of the Prophet of God, provides a critical look at his views. He tries to invalidate the status of the Prophet in addition to the dignity of the Prophet, as well as the function of tradition in all religious areas, citing certain verses of the Qur'an. The adequacy of the Qur'an for the exegesis, restriction of the scope, infallibility of the mission, and the invalidity of the tradition of the Prophet of God are among the intellectual foundations of Sحیnص Mansورr that are examined in this study.
After expressing some of Mansour's arguments and arguments, the authors cite Mansur's principles and opinions in the scales and finally, based on numerous verses of the Qur'an using library-based data and content analysis methods. They conclude that Mansouri's fundamental ideas and ideas in the Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition were not holistic and that he chose Quranic verses and applied his own interpretive method (Qur'an to Qur'an) and its accessories He has not paid attention to his words and in some cases has been conflicted in speech.
