نشریه مطالعات تربیتی و اجتماعی قرآن و عترت
پیاپی 4 (پاییز و زمستان 1398)

The indicator of women’s happiness is an extremely important subject to which ethical works have paid attention. Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, in his interpretive works, has taken into account this issue that with what criterion people’s happiness can be evaluated and whether gender, ethnicity, race, and nationality can be considered as a criterion of happiness. This study aimed to investigate and analyze the women’s happiness and the ways to reach it from the view of Quran and Ayatollah Javadi Amoli’s perspective by a library research method. From Ayatollah Javadi Amoli’s view, theoretically and practically, the truth of happiness is the existential perfection of soul and the growth of reason that it results in approaching God. Therefore, he emphasizes the accordance of the perfection with happiness, and regarding the criterion of happiness, he believes that based on the Quranic verses and quoted narratives, having right beliefs and doing good things are the only criteria of happiness; thus, gender, ethnicity, race, and other factors never have a role in this issue. According to this divine sage and great interpreter, the path of the perfection and happiness is equally provided for both women and men. From his view, the following are the solutions and factors of playing a role in this ground: family-centeredness, faith-centeredness, the study of science, justice, attention to spirituality and self-purification, the freedom of thought, doing things based on Sharia, and employment in home affairs.

From the past till nowadays, the role of regimes and governments in the development or backwardness of societies has always been a controversial issue, particularly in the last few decades, it has increasingly become important, and some issues such as small government, entrepreneurial government, e-government, and efficient government have emerged as a dominant paradigm; but recently, the concept of “good governance” has applied in the literature of development more and more. The theory of good governance, which is defined by different characteristics like responsibility, is a pattern for human sustainable development. This article aims to confirm whether the responsibility, which is considered as a characteristic of good governance from the view of international system, can clearly be traced in the Holy Quran, Nahj al- Balagha, and Imam Ali’s governance ways reported in historical documents. After reviewing the responsibility in Alavi governance, it was found that Imam Ali not only theoretically believed in the good governance, but also practically always committed to that. The data were collected by library and note-taking methods and then they were analyzed.

Hope means the anticipation and expectation of good news. Giving hope is a psychological, emotional, and cognitive state in which an individual expects that a good event will happen, and while he/she feels his/her efficiency and fruitfulness, he/she comes to believe that he/ she can do his/her works better than before and express behavioral tendencies consistent with those positive states. The issue of hope and hopefulness is mentioned in the Holy Quran and innocents’ narratives very much and in different ways. In Quran and tradition, the training of trainee’s talents in the way of evolution and approaching God is introduced as the ultimate goal of giving hope. Undoubtedly, giving hope has a lot of effects on adolescents’ and young people’s social activities and communications, and it persuades them to become knowledgeable and active in society. On the one hand, adolescents and young people are a motive and active engine in society, and they spend much time communicating with others; on the other hand, enemies try to disappoint them. That is the reason why this article attempted to investigate the effectiveness of giving hope on the social aspect of adolescents’ and young people’s personality with an emphasis on Quran and tradition. This descriptive article applied a library research method and the findings demonstrated that in terms of the social aspect, hope results in learning, successful activity and management, responsibility, getting rid of problems, dealing well with the poor, strengthening the sense of efficiency, migration and Jihad, charity, enjoining good, the fulfillment of promise, and strengthening decision-making ability.

One of the pervasive and effective methods to train humans is model education. This method is useful in lifetime and different dimensions of human life, and it is beneficial to transmit concepts and educate training programs, because it objectively and practically presents the training contents. In this method, characters, as one of the important matters in every society, are considered as proper patterns to be modeled by others. That is a matter that is emphasized in the Holy Quran and innocents’ narratives. Shahid Morteza Motahari is one of the contemporary characters who can be a successful model for the present generation of clergymen and students. A character who, in addition to having much knowledge, was armed with the weapon of faith, had moral virtues, was equipped with reason and logic, and along with being intellectual, was adhered to the teachings of Quran and Etrat. He was at high level of knowledge, at the same time, he behaved with others in a deeply humility manner. He was a perfect example of a good human being in accordance with the teachings of Quran and narratives. This article tried to review Shahid Motahari’s model character from different political, moral, social, and scientific aspects with the help of Quranic verses, narratives, library written sources, and note-taking method.

The Holy Quran as a book which causes humans to grow is full of educational knowledge in various dimensions to illuminate the path of guidance and help humans seeking perfection and growth; thus, one of the necessary matters that organizes the educational system of a good human and shows the mechanisms of taking advantage of Quranic teachings is the educational points mentioned in the verses and surahs. One of these verses that is full of educational points is the verse 102 of Surah Safat, which talks about the conversation between Hazrat Ebrahim and Hazrat Esmaeil. This article analyzed this verse to be extracted the educational dimensions and open an individual, family, and social educational path for ones who are thirsty for educational messages of Quran. This verse refers to how to regulate human relationships with God, oneself, and others, and teach how to manage human communications under specific or critical situations. To achieve this goal, the interpretations of this verse were reviewed and then its educational points were extracted. This article applied a descriptive-analytical method and the data were gathered by a library research method.

The Holy Quran is the last heavenly book, the Prophet Mohammad’s immortal miracle, and a comprehensive and complete plan for guiding humans. Taking proper advantage of this healing prescription and ascending high peaks of monotheistic humanity will be possible if Quran is referred to by following Ahl al-Bayt’s path, because they are the main audience for being real translators and are true heirs of Quran. Since some verses of Quran can be misunderstood and have different and even contradictory messages, it is necessary to refer to a criterion, which is immune to errors and mistakes, to understand God’s true purpose and perceive the hidden angles of deep meanings of divine verses. During the Prophet Mohammad’s life, that was his responsibility. According to Quranic verses and the Prophet Mohammad’s sayings, after his death, Ahl al-Bayt were selected by God to guide people, keep this precious heritage, and follow the luminous path of prophecy for leading humans to pure life. Most verses point out the principle that the achievement of infinite lifegiving knowledge of Quran exclusively results from following Ahl al-Bayt’s path, and emphasize the person of Imam. The verse 32 of Surah Fater is one of them. This article attempted to present that point by a library research method and making use of narrative and interpretative sources.