Qur’an and Social Sciences

Qur’an and Social Sciences

Components of spirituality-oriented social education from the perspective of Nahj al-Balaghah

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
amanelah naseri karimnand 1
fatemeh moradi kohnaki 2
mina shamkhi 3
1 PhD Student in Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.(corresponsible author).amannaseri@gmail.com
2 PhD student in Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.18nafas@gmail.com
3 Associate Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.m_shamkhi@yahoo.com
10.22034/arq.2022.345012.1095
Abstract
Moral upbringing (Tarbiyat) is one of the important and fundamental issues of different societies, one of its dimensions is social education; And the goal of Nahj al-Balaghah teachings is to educate human beings based on spiritual components. The result of education under these teachings is the general security of the people of the society and the satisfaction of God Almighty. 
This research uses descriptive-analytical method and using library tools to study the components of spirituality-oriented social education (Tarbiyat) from the perspective of Nahj al-Balaghah. The most important of these components are observance of reciprocal rights and avoidance of self-centeredness, fulfillment of promise, forgiveness, kindness and gentleness, respect for the elders and kindness to the younger, repelling evil for good, chang of behavior according to the needs of the addressees, adjustment of optimism and pessimism, gratitude for the others, honesty and truthfulness and avoidance of lies, sharing of the sorrows and joys of fellow human beings, not trusting others before knowing them, attention to freedom and avoiding human slavery, not demanding from wrong people, avoiding selfishness and arrogance, controversy and enmity, controling anger and rage, avoiding flattery, fawning on, jealousy, stubbornness, backbiting, faultfinding, and so on.
The results of the research show that thanks to the realization of "spirituality-oriented" education, social anomalies are greatly reduced, social cooperation reaches its highest level and social behaviors are regulated based on right and rightism, in a way that it leads to public satisfaction and flourishing of human values ​​in society and the prepration to create a utopia.
Keywords
components of social education
spirituality-oriented
Nahj al-Balaghah
Imam Ali (AS)

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Qur’an and Social Sciences
Volume 1, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Winter 2022
Pages 108-136

  • Receive Date 30 May 2022
  • Revise Date 13 June 2022
  • Accept Date 29 June 2022