:: Volume 10, Issue 38 (winter 2017) ::
پژوهشنامه اخلاق 2017, 10(38): 63-74 Back to browse issues page
A Moral Explanation of the Story of Ant and Solomon in the Verse of Naml
Mohammadreza Baghbanzadeh Amshe
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In this paper, according to the story of the Valley of the Ants, wadi an-naml, it has been tried to explain the ethical concepts in the conversation between an ant and the prophet Solomon (AS), as a social human leader. As understood by the dialogue, we find a type of knowledge in animals and of correspondence of ethical values mentioned in it to present society. The great concepts such as: thanksgiving for blessings, the necessity for rulers` capability of criticism, avoiding opperession, establishing justice at various levels of society and noticing Divine satisfaction as well as the citizens` duties before the government, are the most important moral points of the story denoting our today social issues
Keywords: Solomon (AS), Ethical Indicators, Government, Capable of Criticism, Ant Story, Qur'anic Stories.
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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: Applied ethics
Received: 2018/05/28 | Accepted: 2018/05/28 | Published: 2018/05/28


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