Mohammad Hossein Bayat
Abstract
Knowing human nature is one of the vital subjects of the Holy Quran, tradition, mysticism, and Islamic philosophy. By this knowledge, entity and essence of human will be distinguished from other animals. The writer of this assay has tried to explain the nature and quality of human destiny from Allameh ...
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Knowing human nature is one of the vital subjects of the Holy Quran, tradition, mysticism, and Islamic philosophy. By this knowledge, entity and essence of human will be distinguished from other animals. The writer of this assay has tried to explain the nature and quality of human destiny from Allameh tabatabai’s point of view. Allameh in his various books- especially in Commentary of Almizan holds very profound ideas about the nature and destiny of human being. In short, from his point of view, knowing human nature get us to know human destiny because human is both an infinite creature and religious existent. It is clear that this kind of entity has a free will to choose his destiny. In other words, freewill and religion orientation of human are necessary for his creation and nature, and his perfection lies in observing religion.
hamidreza basiri; maryam gohari
Abstract
An indisputable element in the destiny of humans is the law of heredity. Spiritual and ethical features, similar to physical features, are transferred, through hereditary elements (genes), from parents to children. Some people accept the exclusive role of heredity in determining the destiny of humans ...
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An indisputable element in the destiny of humans is the law of heredity. Spiritual and ethical features, similar to physical features, are transferred, through hereditary elements (genes), from parents to children. Some people accept the exclusive role of heredity in determining the destiny of humans but from the viewpoint of some others, the law of heredity is only a basis and is effective in a person’s actions as a requirement and not as definite causality. As a result, it can be strengthened or weakened under the effect of environmental factors, especially upbringing methods; moreover, the humans’ willpower has a considerable role in their prosperity and adversity. It has been tried, in this research to review the place of heredity in the destiny of humans from the viewpoints of the science of genetics, the Quran and the narrations, and the result is that the element of heredity is not dominant on humans’ destiny and does not have an exclusive role in determining it. As a result, people with any type of heredity can be nurtured and are required [to obey the laws of religion], and one of the aims of the prophets is to reinforce desirable hereditary resources and modify disagreeable hereditary bases.
