A Comparative Analysis of the Virtues of Social Ethics in the Qur’ān from the Viewpoints of Allamah Ṭabāṭabā᾽ī and Ibn ʿĀshūr

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Authors

1 Phd. student of Comparative Tafsir, al-Mustafa International University

2 Professor Quran and Hadith, al-Mustafa, Qom, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Science, Khorasan agency, Al-Mustafa International University, Mashhad, Iran

4 Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Social ethics has been a discourse that has held great importance in all eras and 
time periods, however, in the contemporary era it has found an even greater 
degree of importance. In this article, social ethics have been discussed in an 
analytical-descriptive manner, based upon the opinions of Allamah Ṭabāṭabā᾽ī
and Ibn ʿĀshūr. Allamah Ṭabāṭabā᾽ī believes that society, just like individuals, 
possessed certain qualities and specific potentials, such that if the desires of the 
individuals contrasted those of the society, it was almost certain that those of the 
society would envelop them. This would result in the forceful conformity of the 
individual to the ways of society. Ibn ʿĀshūr in his exegesis paid special attention 
to ethical and developmental issues. He even states that his objective in writing 
al-Taḥrīr wa al-Tanwīr was to explain the generalities of knowledge and religion 
and to thoroughly explain the matter of good moral conduct. Ibn ʿĀshūr explains 
that Islam is something that has been accepted by the ethical virtues of human 
beings. In addition, it also calls attention to ethical virtues which are confirmed 
and seen as good by the natural disposition of man. The most important referents of social ethics within an Islamic society, as mentioned by Allamah Ṭabāṭabā᾽ī in al-Mīzān and Ibn ʿĀshūr in al-Taḥrīr wa alTanwīr, are maintaining family ties, justice, promoting good and forbidding evil, faithfulness to agreements, charity, and reconciliation and both believe that these 
social ethics will lead one to felicity. 

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The Quran: Contemporary Studies
Volume 2, Issue 3
Second year, Number 3, Spring 2023
June 2023
Pages 47-65

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