Verses Expressing the Weakness of Man and Their Relationship With his Duties
- Author:
- Saeed Yousof Saeed Al-Sharqiu
- Level:
- Master
- Field of study:
- Quranic Sciences
- Language:
- Arabic
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Quranic Studies
- Year:
- 2022
- Publisher:
- URD Press
- Supervisor(s):
- Mohammad Maleki Nahavandi
The verses of the Holy Quran refer to the weakness of man and the creation based on his weakness. This truth causes and encourages man to try to eliminate this weakness and compensate for it in any possible way and fulfill his duties towards himself, others, the creator and his living environment. The importance of this issue from the Quranic point of view is identified in various issues related to self-knowledge and understanding of responsibilities. This discussion is very important in order to help people to know more the level of abilities and weaknesses and to draw a plan to check them and get rid of the weak points, as well as to recognize the duties towards oneself, others and the Creator. This research includes the Qur’anic verses that show the weakness of man and its division into the level of the body, morals and spirit and how it is related to the responsibility of man towards himself, others, the creator and the living environment. There are a series of features in the Holy Quran that refer to human weakness; among the features related to the creation and quality of human formation. All humans share these characteristics and weaknesses with each other: forgetfulness, greed, haste, arguments, stubbornness and stinginess. There are also a series of acquired characteristics of weakness in humans; including despair, depression, enmity, disbelief, cruelty, militancy, ignorance, rebellion, debauchery and vice, pride and arrogance. Some specific verses of human weakness express the characteristics of human hearts: “weak hearts”, “perverse hearts of fear”, “disgusting and hating hearts” and “covered hearts”. In the Holy Quran, there are specific individual characteristics for human weakness; Features such as stubbornness, greed, arrogance, miserliness, proud happiness and boasting. Some areas of human weakness are also mentioned in the Qur’an; including haste, disbelief, pride, argument, cruelty, rebellion, despair, love of the world, forgetfulness, ingratitude and greed. The Quranic verses showing human weakness are different; some indicate the weakness of human creation and his weakness from the beginning of birth. The areas and areas of human weakness and the verses indicating them are also different. The differences between people’s weaknesses are different from each other according to their personalities, abilities and ways of thinking. In addition to these, there are social and cultural factors for human weakness, which are considered from the structure and development of people. Just as the verses with the content of human weakness have a lot to do with human duties, they also explain the way of commitment and commitment of man to these duties and the ways of achieving them and achieving them; Among them, the verses related to man’s weakness in performing duties towards himself, which explain his relationship with these duties; Such as the verses related to patience in trials and tribulations, not following whims and fancies, avoiding dependence on the world, perseverance and fear of oppression. There are other verses that are related to human weakness in performing duties towards others and explaining them; among the verses related to trustworthiness and justice, excelling in charity, fear of scholars, modesty and humility. Some verses of the Qur’an are related to the weakness of man in fulfilling his duties before the Creator; among them are the verses related to faith in the unseen, offering prayers, spending from God’s sustenance, and acknowledging the hereafter.