On the investigation of political education goals in Quran, with an emphasis on the educational principles

The interweaving of education and human life causes determining goal for human life to be of the most important issues in determining goal for education. Since determining goals for education is under the influence of macro-philosophical statements including the assumptions of ontology, axiology, anthropology, and epistemology, the present research investigated these assumptions via inferential method, as well as the objectives of political education in Quran. The results divulged that the ultimate goal of Islamic education is closeness to God and the political education is merely achieved when God’s attributes are appeared in human and his actions. Consequently, it can be concluded that Quran approach to politics and government is an educational approach that is based on the human’s inner transformation and transcendence. The principles of political education in Quran are including: 1. Monotheism oriented, 2. Justice oriented of political education, 3. Attention to Virtue and Prevention of Vice, 4. Independence protection and Islamic society freedom. 11 educational principles are resulted from the investigation of these educational principles.