Ethics

وبَصّره فجايع الدنيا"" Man selects a shelter for living which is safe from hazards and where the hardships will not threaten him; or else it is foolish to dwell in a place where you are not safe. Some, however, are involved in the life here and hav...

وبَصّره فجايع الدنيا"" Man selects a shelter for ...

وقرّره بالفناء"" Although a man may get involved in the remembrance of death, he may not be serious; neither may he be convinced. In this case, this remembrance will not be instructive. This is true in the case of those corrupted people who verbally...

وقرّره بالفناء"" Although a man may get involved ...

When a person is involved in his daily affairs and he neglects death and the eternal life, he gets ready for engaging in all sorts of sins and wrong-doing and surrenders to the temptations of Satan and to the whims and desires of his self. The most s...

When a person is involved in his daily affairs and...

g) My son! Be aware when you are stand before God tomorrow you will be asked about three things: About your youth and in what you wore it out; About your life, in what you spent it; About your wealth, how you earned it and in what you spent it. So...

g) My son! Be aware when you are stand before God ...

Although there are ample references to Luqman's wisdom in the books and in the poems of the past poets, we will present here some aspects of his wisdom as narrated in the books of traditions: a) “O my son! Do not let your heart be concerned with peo...

Although there are ample references to Luqman's wi...

The historians are not unanimous as to the status of Luqman. Was he a Prophet? When did he live? Nobody knows for sure. Most of the historians are of the belief that Luqman was a ugly-looking man from Nubia (in the Northern part of Sudan between Ethi...

The historians are not unanimous as to the status ...

Since wisdom is the most delicate and the greatest capital of life here and in the Hereafter, it is crucial that people in acquiring it put forth lots of attempt. It might be that acquiring wisdom could be hard or the person possessing it is not desc...

Since wisdom is the most delicate and the greatest...

Since the creation and Divine affairs are based on the principle of cause and effect, God's generosity is dependent on the capacity of the receiver. This is because God is "the most generous of the generous ones" and He is not jealous.27 Thus, some ...

Since the creation and Divine affairs are based on...

As we said, "hikmah is the realistic insight which in the theoretical and practical philosophy is a guide for man." Naturally, a person who has such great a capital enjoys the sublime human traits and is a perfect human being. But in the Qur’an and ...

As we said, "hikmah is the realistic insight which...

Hikmah or wisdom originally means "to arrive at rightousness by knowledge and reasoning." In the same way that a horse is made tame by giving it a bridle (hakamah), man, too, by acquiring wisdom and by arriving at the right through knowledge and reas...

Hikmah or wisdom originally means "to arrive at ri...

ونوره بالحكمة"" Wisdom is a truth which is taught by all Prophets.1 This is especially true in the case of our Prophet (S) who has put wisdom on his instructive agenda: "وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمْ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ"289 "… and tea...

ونوره بالحكمة"" Wisdom is a truth which is taught...

Anybody, who gets the elixir of certainty at his disposal and employs it in his belief and practical daily affairs, will have peculiar excellent spiritual moods and will perform extraordinary works, some of which are mentioned here: A) Godwariness ...

Anybody, who gets the elixir of certainty at his d...

In his book "The truth behind Faith and Certainty," al-Kulayni reports two traditions on the issue of the extraordinary effects of certainty. It seems both cases refer to a single person. However because of the significance of the issue, both are giv...

In his book "The truth behind Faith and Certainty,...

Parallel with the degrees of certainty, there exist different effects and signs for it. Those who are at the stage of Haqq al-Yaqin enjoy a better degree of recognition and high temperaments. They can perform extraordinary feats. They who live at the...

Parallel with the degrees of certainty, there exis...

Certainty has degrees. These degrees are referred to in the Qur’an as "certain knowledge”, to see with the “eye of certainty" and "certain truth". The verses 5 and 7 of Surah al-Takathur: “Nay! If you had known with certain knowledge, you should mos...

Certainty has degrees. These degrees are referred ...

Certainty or conviction is a valuable capital which is given to only few people. Anybody possessing this, enjoys great prosperity. Imam Reza (as) has stated: "الاِيمانُ فَوقَ الاِسلامِ بِدَرَجَةٍ وَالتَقوَى فَوقَ الاِيمَانِ بِدَرَجَةٍ وَاليَقِينُ ف...

Certainty or conviction is a valuable capital whic...

Against the different schools which have dealt with the philosophy of ethics and education, Islam, too, has offered specific principles and bases. To study these principles one is referred to the Qur’an, tradition, and books on ethics and Hadith. How...

Against the different schools which have dealt wit...

10.2- Sartre's View Sartre, who evaluates everything on the basis of personal option, says: there is no criterion for the ethical nature of an act outside man's existence. He, as well, believes in the relativity of ethics. He states: anybody who cho...

10.2- Sartre's View Sartre, who evaluates everyth...

9- The communist View on the Philosophy of Ethics. In the eyes of communists, ethics as well as sciences, philosophy, arts and law and other influential social factors depend heavily on economics and production means. The slavery, feudalism and cap...

9- The communist View on the Philosophy of Ethics....

7- Keeping One's interests with regards to keeping others' interests Most materialists such as Russell are of the view that man has cunningly discovered that if he behaves kindly towards others, he will be treated in the same way by others. If he st...

7- Keeping One's interests with regards to keeping...

6- Ethical Conscience: Some scholars from the East or West, including Kant, contend that man is created in such a way as to come across with good ethical acts or bad ones through the guidance of his innate powers; and in practice he finds himself in...

6- Ethical Conscience: Some scholars from the Eas...