Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers

Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers

Social analysis of the expression of divine emotions in the Holy Quran as a model for the social action of a believer

Document Type : Research Article / Original Article

Author
Seyed Hadi Sajedi
Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
10.22059/jstmt.2024.370967.1687
Abstract
The expression of various pleasant and unpleasant emotions is common among humans. In the Holy Quran, Allah expresses different feelings, such as pleasure, anger, and love, towards specific individuals or human actions. Unlike human emotional expressions that result from internal passivity, divine expressions in the Quran are not derived from any passivity, but aim to guide humans and provide a social action model for believers. Using intellectual analysis, this study seeks to extract a system of divine emotional expressions to serve as a model for believers' social actions. It introduces a comprehensive classification of emotions expressed in the Holy Quran as pleasant or unpleasant. Using Max Weber's fourfold model, the article argues that none of the traditional, affectual, value- rational, or means-end rational actions represent the social action of a believer. It concludes that the social action of a believer should be considered as "wert rational action based on transcendent rationality" with its unique characteristics.
Keywords
The Holy Quran
Believer
Feelings
Divine Emotions
Human Emotions
Max Weber
Subjects
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Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers
Volume 14, Issue 2
Spring 2024
Pages 82-98

  • Receive Date 15 January 2024
  • Revise Date 19 June 2024
  • Accept Date 20 June 2024
  • Publish Date 21 June 2024