The Holy Qur'an, like a radiant lamp, serves as humanitys guide on the path to felicity and perfection. This celestial book not only delineates the rites of worship and faith, but also presents a comprehensive framework for social life, founded upon justice, respect, and harmony. In this treatise, by reflecting on the luminous verses of various surahs, especially Surah Al-Imran, and inspired by scholarly lectures, the concepts of religiosity, religious expertise, and their role in creating a peaceful and non-disturbing society are examined. The objective is to elucidate, with a profound and scientific perspective, how religion is realised as a social covenant and a solution to contemporary societal challenges, thus establishing a robust bridge between Quranic knowledge and the necessities of the present age.
The contemporary world is one in which every domain, from politics to society, requires specialised knowledge. Religious knowledge, as the guide for collective life, must respond to contemporary issues with expertise and profound awareness. Without expertise, any intervention in social affairs is akin to stepping into darkness that leads to misguidance.
And when there comes to them a matter of security or fear, they spread it around; but if they had referred it back to the Messenger and those in authority among them, then the ones who can extract knowledge from it among them would have known about it.
This illuminating verse emphasises the necessity of referring matters to specialists. Religious knowledge must respond to newly arising issues through precise deduction grounded in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. The absence of expertise is like a rudderless boat in a stormy sea that fails to reach the shore. Religious knowledge ought to provide solutions for social problems such as unemployment, poverty, and corruption through scientific investigation and meticulous analysis. Engaging in irrelevant discussions, such as futile inquiries about non-essential matters, leads to confusion and deviation.
Religious knowledge without expertise is like a structure without firm foundations destined to collapse. Intervention in social matters without specialised knowledge not only fails to produce solutions but also leads to misguidance and division.
Religious knowledge must, like a brilliant torch, illuminate the path for society. This knowledge, by deriving rulings and solutions Holy Quran and narrations, must address modern issues such as social management, economy, and security. Diverting topics, often promoted by colonial forces, act like traps leading a herd to a precipice. Religious knowledge must avoid these traps and focus on real societal problems, such as unemployment and poverty.
Expertise in religious knowledge is a necessity stressed by the Holy Quran. Through precise and scientific deduction, it provides solutions to social problems and prevents deviation and discord. Religious knowledge is like a gardener who, with knowledge and skill, cultivates the tree of society.
Religious propagation is like a breeze that plants the seed of knowledge in receptive hearts. This propagation must be conducted with wisdom and expertise to guide society towards cohesion and felicity.
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good exhortation, and argue with them in a way that is best.
This verse mandates propagation of religion with wisdom and a good manner. Propagation without expertise is like speech scattered in the wind. Prophets propagated by revelation, but scholars must undertake this important task with knowledge and expertise. Religious propagation should offer practical solutions by analysing social issues accurately and avoid irrelevant or misleading topics.
Religious propagation must be performed with wisdom and expertise so that it nourishes society like a clear stream and prevents division and deviation.
The religious specialist is like a scholar conducting research in the laboratory of knowledge, while the preacher is the messenger of this knowledge to the public. The specialist must, through research and analysis, propose solutions to social issues such as theft, unemployment, and corruption. This prevents colonial-induced divisions and deviations and directs society towards unity.
Religious propagation, conducted with wisdom and expertise, guides society towards felicity. This propagation must avoid deviant topics and respond to the daily needs of society with practical solutions.
In the Holy Quran, religiosity is likened to a covenant that obliges individuals to observe respect, refrain from harm, and harmonise with society. This covenant does not require interference in the inner faith of individuals but emphasises a healthy social structure.
And fight them until there is no more fitnah and the religion, all of it, is for Allah.
This verse places discord (fitnah) in opposition to religion. Discord is like an accident on the road that disrupts social order. Religion, by removing discord, leads to social cohesion. Religiosity means observing politeness, refraining from oppression, and harmonising with society. This social covenant does not require examining the inner faith of individuals but focuses on external behaviour.
Religiosity is a covenant that, by observing respect and refraining from harm, guides society towards cohesion and health.
Discord is like a wind that disrupts social order. In sociology, theft and corruption are examples of discord that destabilise social structure. Religious knowledge must, through precise understanding of these discordances, provide solutions for their removal. The example of a road accident in the original text illustrates how a small disruption can unsettle the greater order.
Religiosity, as a social covenant, assists social cohesion by removing discord and observing politeness. Religious knowledge must provide practical solutions to prevent social disruptions.
Upright religion is like a firm pillar that protects society from oppression and hardship. This religion, by establishing just structures, leads to social health.
That is the upright religion; so do not oppress yourselves therein.
Upright religion is one that eliminates oppression from society. Oppression, whether social harm, slander, or violation of others rights, is contrary to the spirit of upright religion. Religious knowledge must, by offering specialised solutions, prevent problems such as unemployment and corruption.
Upright religion is like a shield that protects society from oppression and hardship and leads to social health through justice.
Oppression is like a wound that afflicts the body of society. Unemployment, poverty, and corruption are examples of social oppression arising from a lack of religious expertise. Religious knowledge must establish just structures to eradicate these oppressions.
Upright religion, by avoiding oppression and establishing just structures, leads to social health. Religious knowledge must outline these structures with expertise.
The Holy Quran describes religion as a clear stream that removes hardship and distress from society.
He has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty.
This verse presents religion as a structure free from hardship. Social problems such as unemployment, poverty, and corruption are hardships created by the lack of religious expertise. Religious knowledge must, by proposing practical solutions, eliminate these problems.
Religion, like a clear stream, guides society towards comfort and health by removing hardship and distress.
Unemployment, poverty, and corruption are like thorns in societys path. Religious knowledge must, with expertise, remove these thorns. Examples such as fraudulent claims of spells and sorcery illustrate how lack of expertise leads to social hardships. Religious knowledge must regulate economic and social systems to resolve these issues.
Religion, by removing hardship, leads to social health. Religious knowledge must provide expert solutions to social problems and prevent social hardships.
Collective entry into religion is like joining a stream that brings social order and cohesion.
And you see the people entering into the religion of Allah in multitudes.
This verse describes the collective entry of people into religion, which signifies acceptance of a social covenant. Religion, as the initial phase of society, does not require inner faith but creates social cohesion through respect and harmony.
Religion is a covenant that brings social order and cohesion through collective acceptance.
The multitudes entering religion demonstrate acceptance of social structures such as respect and avoidance of oppression. This principle is explained through examples like participation in elections or peaceful coexistence. Religious knowledge must promote this concept and avoid imposing faith as the criterion for religiosity.
Collective entry into religion signifies acceptance of a social covenant that brings order and cohesion to society. Religious knowledge must promote this covenant and prevent division.
The Holy Quran, like a shining torch, guides humanity on the path of religiosity and social life. Religiosity, as a social covenant, emphasises respect, avoidance of oppression, and harmony with society. Religious knowledge, with expertise and wisdom, must respond to contemporary issues such as unemployment, poverty, and corruption, and avoid deviant discussions. Upright religion, by removing hardship and oppression, leads to social health, and religious propagation must guide society towards cohesion through wisdom and expertise. Religious knowledge, like a gardener, cultivates the garden of society with knowledge and skill.
Under the supervision of Sadegh Khademi
