Outlining and explaining man’s relationships in building new Islamic civilization from the viewpoint of the Quran1

The goal of this research is to outline and explain man’s relationships in building new Islamic civilization based on the teachings of the Quran. According to religious teachings building a civilization, designing the proper system to achieve this goal, creating the necessary institutions, and finally, establishing the ideal society begin with man’s self-construction since man is the basic unit of change that contributes to building of a new Islamic civilization. Though a lot of scholarly work has been carried out about man’s relationships as well as about Islamic civilization, there is still need for scientific study and explanation of man’s relationships in the new Islamic civilization based on the Quran. The present study aims at conducting an in-depth such study by adopting a qualitative approach and following the method of content and network of contents analysis. The findings of this research show that, according to the Quran, man’s relationships can be studies and analyzed from five aspects: man’s relationship with himself, his relationship with other people, his relationship with nature, his relationship with the hereafter, and his relationship with God. Man’s relationship with himself has been divided into two systematizing contents: knowing oneself and self-construction. Man’s relationship with other people has been divided into two systematizing contents: justice and doing good to others. Man’s relationship with nature has been divided into four systematizing contents: exploitation, domination, destruction, and putting in danger. Man’s relationship with the hereafter has been divided into two systematizing contents: taking responsibility and attaining reward. Man’s relationship with God – which is the base for all his other relationships – means his servitude to and worship of God. Each of these contents consists of several sub-contents. The basic contents enumerated in this research are 46 contents all of which are derived from the Quran. All these contents have been used to design a network of interrelated contents. This network can be used to create the new Islamic civilization.