The semantic net for vice in Kuran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Isfahan University

2 MA graduate in Quran and Hadith

Abstract

One of the new methods of studying Kuran is semantics' of Kuranic verses.
In this approach, after choosing the keywords, the semantic fields of each
word, along with the systematic relation between them is studied in order to
show some of the hidden stages of meanings.
In this article, using the mentioned method, we have studied some of the
keywords of vice lexically, exegetically and in its context. unveiling its core
meaning, we have eliminated the relation between these keywords, detecting
and displaying the systematic teaching of the Kuran.
Our emphasizes in this study is that the Kuranic world view is God-centered
i.e. there is no main concept in Kuran independent from the concept of God
and virtues are a weak reflection and an imperfect emulation of the divine
attributes. Whenever this reflection is concealed and hidden(kufr),the
principal bad deeds will appear which are error(zelalat), impiety(fesgh),
injustice(zulm), lust(hava), idolatry(sherk). These words are of basic and
demonstrative words with real concept. They comprise the main moral terms
at the first language stage and enjoy a distinct statue in the Kuranic moral
system.
 

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