Analysis of the concept of righteous deeds and good deeds in the Holy Qurʼān based on Izutsu theory

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1 Department of Qur’ān and Ḥadīth Sciences, Faculty of Qur’ān Sciences and Skills, University of Holy Qur’ān Sciences and Education, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Qur’ān and Ḥadīth Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Human's actions will cause his prosperity or misery in the world and in the hereafter. The Qur’ān has used a vast semantic scope to systematize and evolve the mind of the audience for its guidance. The present article seeks to analyze the semantic scope of Hasanāt[1] (i.e. virtues) and righteous deeds in the Qur’ān in an analytical and descriptive manner, based on the Izutsu’s semantic theory - which, by investigating the vocabulary, reveals the Qur’ānic attitude to them. An examination of the semantic scope of these two words in the Qur’ān reveals that the concepts of virtues and righteous deeds are among the most frequently used Qur’ānic terms, among which the most general public relation is absolute, since the domain of virtues is general and includes righteous deeds and divine rewards. While some goodies are not righteous deeds. That is why words that have a definite role in building the worldview of the Qur’ān are called Qur’ānic keywords, and each of these words has sub-words with which the keyword is associated.
 

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Journal of Contemporary Islamic Studies
Volume 5, Issue 1
Winter & Spring
January 2023
Pages 69-83

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