Quran and Hadith Studies‎

Explaining the Components of Sincerity with Emphasis on the Explanation of Nahjah al-Balaghah by Allama Mohammad Taqi Jafari

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Philosophy of Education, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Curriculum Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

One of the most important conditions stated in religious texts for the acceptance of deeds and acts of worship is the issue of sincerity, so that acts of worship without sincerity remove man from the position of Lordship. Since Imam Ali (AS) has paid much attention to this issue in his words, so in this article we have tried to explain the true meaning of sincerity and the path of correct and complete understanding by analyzing the content of Allameh Jafari's contents in the commentary he wrote on Nahj al-Balaghah. Provide the words of Ahl al-Bayt (AS). This book is one of the explanations written in the contemporary period for research audiences and due to the author's mastery of various fields of science and philosophy, its topics are expressed in a methodical and reasoning way to create a correct understanding for the audience. In this article, the content analysis method has been used and the research results indicate that Allameh Jafari considers sincerity as the highest quality of the relationship between man and truth and by dividing it into general and specific parts, has introduced the highest level of sincerity as value sincerity. . He also defined the basic components and characteristics of sincerity. He also divided sincerity into two types of sincerity in belief and sincerity in action, to draw the three dimensions of sincerity in the field of obedience, worship and help, and finally the effects and consequences such as: achieving unity, gaining knowledge, facilitating the flow of education And have introduced the education and realization of justice to understand the existence of sincerity in the human body.

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Quran and Hadith Studies‎
Volume 15, Issue 2 - Serial Number 30
March 2022
Pages 179-212