The Logic of Discovering the Classification of the Moral Concepts of the Holy Quran

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Maryam Dehghani Firoozabadi ¹
• Mahdi Mehrizi Toroghi ²
• Tahereh Mohseni ³

¹ PhD student, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant professor, Imam Sadiq University, Women's College, Tehran, Iran

10.22067/jquran.2023.79422.1408

Abstract

Heavenly teachings can be divided into three categories: beliefs, moralities and jurisprudence. Therefore, moral instructions are among the most important Quranic teachings that include a wide range of moral virtues and vices. In order to understand moral concepts, to identify their importance, to determine the position of each concept through which it is possible to take the right educational steps to train the people of the society, there is a need for indicators and standards that cannot be achieved easily, but one must try different ways to obtain them because they are not clearly explained in religious texts.
With a descriptive and analytical approach and by making studies in the Arabic language, this article has determined these indicators for the classification of moral concepts: repetition, restriction, superlative, analogy, comparison of phrases and themes. With examples from the verses of the Quran, we have tried to explain that, based on these examples, the moral virtues of sincerity and gratitude are considered among the highest moral virtues, respectively. Though, for the final conclusion, a complete investigation must be done on the moral verses, which is being done in a detailed research.

Keywords

• classification
• ethics
• moral concepts
• restriction
• superlative
• analogy

Main Subjects

• Quran and Hadith Studies

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