Islamic Government and the Necessity of Resistance with Emphasis on Qur'anic Teachings

Although governments have the power and ability to defend themselves, they are always exposed to threat. The Islamic government is no exception to this rule, and if it does not take the right and true path in determining its course of action and then gets deviated, it will face potential and actual threats from within and outside its belief borders in order to survive and achieve its goals and ideals. What can prevent such a government from deviation and going through extremism and oppression is the element of resistance. Resistance, functionally as a spiritual element of power and in accordance with religious and human values along with material, technical and physical tools, can be an effective and efficient element in achieving justice-seeking goals and lofty ideals. Resistance can play an effective role in the stability of the Islamic government in the path of Islam and human excellence. Through a content analysis method, the purpose of this study is to analyze the element of resistance as one of the elements of spiritual power and to show the capacities that this element of power has in preventing deviation and repelling threats. This claim is discussed in three discourses. In the first discourse, while defining the government, the nature of Islamic beliefs as the principles of spiritual power is dealt with. The second discourse defines the Islamic government and its threatening capacities, the third discourse defines resistance as an important spiritual element of power, and then analyzes its capacity to repel threats and build capacity to deal with dangers.