Qur’an and Social Sciences

Qur’an and Social Sciences

The Policies of the Holy Qur'an in the Socialization of Chastity and Hijab

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Abdul Karim Behjatpour 1
khadijeh ahmadibighash 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Quran Studies, Institute of Wisdom and Religious Studies, Institute of Islamic Culture and Thought, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University , Tehran, Iran(Corresponding Author)
10.22034/arq.2024.216763
Abstract
The present study seeks to answer the question of what policies the Holy Qur'an implemented, at the appropriate time, as a programme for the guidance of humanity, for the social acceptance of chastity and hijab. A descriptive-analytical study of this issue indicates that the culture of Islamic hijab did not emerge only by issuing the rule of hijab, but rather provided the grounds for facilitating the internalization of Islamic veiling and so, transforming the society of the era of descent of Qur'an from a life in thought and a culture of ignorance into a life in thought and a culture of faith. The socio-cultural atmosphere and the course of revelation of the verses made it clear that the policy of the Qur'an before the hijab was to establish a ground for prevailing chastity as a norm in a society of faith. Therefore, the Qur'an, by distinguishing between chastity and covering the body and not imposing the burden of chastity-creating on hijab, paying attention to the stages of realizing chastity - from valuing to establishing the norm of chastity and purity - expresses the necessary policies for accepting the rule of hijab and, by creating a kind of faith discipline, realizes a covered individual and society based on the social personality of believers. A social personality that is based on ten basic components of its capacity and not only women but also men have been effective in its formation. After the realization of these components, the rule on hijab has been issued as a government law in order to identify women's social faith in a religious and political manner and resulted in the norming and continuation of Islamic dress and identity.
Keywords
Revelation of the Qur'an
Islamic Dress
Chastity
Faith-based Society
Islamic Government

Subjects

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Qur’an and Social Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 16
Winter 2025
Pages 142-171

  • Receive Date 23 November 2024
  • Revise Date 20 January 2025
  • Accept Date 06 March 2025