Quran and Social Sciences

Quran and Social Sciences

A Comparative Study of the Social Indicators of an Ideal Society from the Perspective of the Holy Qur’an and the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyyah

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
SEYED MOHSEN AKRAMI 1
kamran oveisi 2
1 Ph.D. Student in Islamic Studies Education, Qur’an and Islamic Texts, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran (Corresponding Author)
2 Associate Professor, Department of Qur’anic Studies and Ḥadīth, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran
10.22034/arq.2026.252000
Abstract
Elucidating the model of faithful social life and the mechanisms for realizing collective life is rooted in revealed teachings. Despite the extensive presentation of the components of an ideal society in the Holy Qur’an and the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya, the relationship between these two sources in elucidating the social characteristics of a desirable society still requires systematic and comparative analysis. Accordingly, the present study seeks to answer the following questions: What are the social characteristics of a desirable society from the perspective of the Holy Qur’an and the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya? How does the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya translate Qur’anic social concepts from the level of overarching norms into the realm of moral education and social action? The research data, drawn from the verses of the Holy Qur’an and the social passages of the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya, were examined using a descriptive-analytical method. The relevant semantic units pertaining to the research problem were then extracted and organized through conceptual categorization. Finally, to elucidate the relationship between the two texts, the resulting categories were analyzed using a comparative approach at both the conceptual and functional levels. The findings demonstrate that the Holy Qur’an establishes the overarching framework of a desirable society on the foundations of monotheism, justice, human dignity, responsibility, social solidarity, and mutual commitment, while the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya transforms these principles, through educational and supplicatory language, into a mechanism for internalizing and reproducing social ethics. Accordingly, components such as social cooperation, consultation, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, concern for meeting the needs of others, fulfillment of covenants, and preservation of social unity are not only characteristics of a desirable society but also elements of an educational model for realizing an Islamic society. The conclusion is that the relationship between the Qur’an and the Ṣaḥīfah in the domain of society-building is one of “establishing norms” and “educating for the realization of norms.”
Keywords
Desirable society
Holy Qur&‌‌rsquo
an
Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyya
Imam al-Sajjād
Social characteristics
Islamic society-building
Subjects
The Holy Qur’an
Al-Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādiyyah of Imam Sajjād
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Quran and Social Sciences
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 22
Spring 2026
Pages 188-215

  • Receive Date 30 June 2026
  • Revise Date 03 August 2026
  • Accept Date 11 August 2026