Fahimeh Shariati; Mahboubeh Samsami
Abstract
The feeling of self-esteem, dignity, and glory that has long been dealt with as both reprehensible and praised in religious and revelation-based ethical texts has been regarded in modern psychology texts as self-esteem and only in a positive sense, for which many components, signs, and outcomes have ...
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The feeling of self-esteem, dignity, and glory that has long been dealt with as both reprehensible and praised in religious and revelation-based ethical texts has been regarded in modern psychology texts as self-esteem and only in a positive sense, for which many components, signs, and outcomes have been mentioned. Study of Makarim al-akhlaq Prayer in Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, as a valid text of revelation ethics, indicates the special attention by Imam Sajjad (PBUH) to many factors such as forgiveness and remission, praying for the improvement and cure of other people's viciousness, strengthening self-respect and self-esteem, and purposefulness as well as perfection of the intentions. These issues can be seen in modern psychology as a discussion called self-esteem, where modern science has reached an angle of those through requirements through sensory experience. At the same time, there is a major difference between the approach taken by Makarim al-akhlaq Prayer and psychology to the factors, differentiating the two text types and causing differences in some commands. The study of the requirements of modern psychology and ethics, on the one hand, reflects the different worldview of revelation-based texts with modern science, and on the other hand, indicates the fact that the musts of obtaining eternal prosperity are not only compatible with material gains but are also in line with material gains.
fahimeh shariati; siheyla piruzfar
Abstract
Words used in the Holy Qur’an are mainly the ones which were common among Arabs of the Time of Ignorance (‘jāhilīyah’) as were used in tribes and certain poetic circles. Similar to many others, the word ‘hikmah’ (‘wisdom’) was influenced by the Qur’an’s ...
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Words used in the Holy Qur’an are mainly the ones which were common among Arabs of the Time of Ignorance (‘jāhilīyah’) as were used in tribes and certain poetic circles. Similar to many others, the word ‘hikmah’ (‘wisdom’) was influenced by the Qur’an’s cosmological system and was used in new semantic domains. While retaining its core meaning, it gained new senses as it was collocated with certain words and occurred in verses which had certain concords and discords with other verses and, technically, went through semantic expansions or reductions. Moreover, as it was used in various Islamic fields in its new senses it fostered new systems of understanding. In other words, through semantic changes, the word ‘hikmah’ gained new senses in different Islamic fields including ethics, philosophy and theology, with its own usage in each.
