A Study of the Educational Methodology of the Qur'an in theArena of Reformation of Individual Ethics

The Holy Qur'an uses various methods to reform the individual ethics of its audience. The penetration of all kinds of vices in the behavior of the people of the age of revelation (of the Qur'an) proves the necessity of such an attitude. The moral and educational approach of the Qur'an made this book a source of access to educational methods in all periods after the revelation. The novel methods of the Qur'an, by deepening the behavioral and spiritual virtues, have provided a diverse structure of educability to thinkers and researchers of educational sciences and ethics. The current study has examined the educational methodology of the Qur'an, through a descriptive-analytical method, with a look at individual ethics. The results show that the Holy Qur'an has consistently used various and innovative methods of education such as warning and annunciation, empirical educational method, educational studies of figures, and so on. The Qur'an has also established the promotion of religious education by recalling the principles of individual ethics such as self-respect and high status of human. In addition, self-knowledge is the basis of educability and self-improvement, and jihad with the soul is considered a path to cultivate and flourish the virtues of the audience.