ISBN 9786054735846

ISEM2016, 3 rd International Symposium on Environment and Morality,
4-6 November 2016, Alanya – Turkey
Interaction of Environment with the Human in the Light of Faith
and Good Deeds according to the Qur'an
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BiBi Zeinab Hosseini and 2 Abolfazl Alishahi Ghalehjoughi
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* Faculty of Humanities, Department of Theology, Yasouj University, Iran
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Faculty of Humanities, Department of Theology, Yasouj University, Iran
Abstract
According to the Holy Quran, God is the true owner of whatever exists in the heavens and the earth.
And the human must use the blessings that the Lord has given him in the right way; Faith and
disbelief have a direct correlation with the way in which the nature treats the human. Degradation
of natural resources is an obvious example of the breach of trust and also an act of the
underestimation of God's blessings, which will limits the benefit that the human takes from the
natural environmental resources. In other words, human behavior towards the environment and the
behavior of the environment towards the human are mutually correlated, which correlation can be
organized by the religion. According to the Holy Quran, the nature is a living being, and although
the nature may be modified by humans, the good behavior of the nature and environment towards
humans is directly correlated with the good deeds and faith of the human. This issue can be studied
through rational and scientific investigation. The present research aimed to identify the mechanisms
of behavior of the nature and environment towards the human according to the Quran; in other
words, the environmental consequence of good and bad deeds of the human. For example, according
to Quran, rainfall is a result of piety while hunger and thirst are outcomes of disbelief. The objective
of this study was to provide a rational and scientific explanation of such phenomenon.
Keywords: environment, good deed, faith, corruption
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- Corresponding author: Address: Assistant professor, department of theology, The Qur’an and hadith sciences,
Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran. E-mail address: zhosseini1400@gmail.com, phone: +00989151220028
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