Comparative Analysis of Sources of Political Power in Infidelity Front and Belief Front in the Holy Quran

Political power, in the meaning of effectiveness power in social arena, is one of the basic topics in the Politics. According to the structure of power in the holy Quran, God is the only powerful and based on Hikma, he enables individuals to do things or affect others. The front of belief is equipped with the power of belief; persuasion, soft and military power and mystic helps, and application of power via them by the religious masters is lawful. The infidels are, also, provided with hard power such as military power, economic pressure, threat, creating dispersion, and corruption, and soft power like humiliation, accusation, pretension and gossiping to gain control over the front of belief. In this article, by comparing the hard and soft powers of the fronts of infidelity and belief, the balance of power between the two fronts and the main condition of overcoming of the front of belief on front of infidelity is analyzed with assistance of Quranic verses and the viewpoints of the interpreters.