2019 Volume 4 Issue 2 Supplementary
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“SERVITUDE” AS THE FOUNDATION OF LIFESTYLE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE HOLY QUR’AN


Zahra SARFI
Abstract

The apparent diversity of a variety of lifestyles in the World can be collected in certain types of lifestyles. It is important to note that how the last revealed book, the holy Qur’an, distinguishes between different types of lifestyles. An analytical-descriptive research of the Qur’anic verses argues that a material inclination by man leads him to choose the style of animal life and his divine attitude brings him to a human lifestyle. So, according to the criteria of these two main patterns, each person's lifestyle with levels of severity and weakness approaches to one of them. The Holy Qur’an is a comprehensive set of behavioral patterns in different areas of life in order to reach a human lifestyle. But the needy man, was created as free creature, whether he chooses serving Allah and the style of human life or serving non-Allah (ṭāqūt) and animal lifestyle. The necessity for servitude of Allah is disbelief in ṭāqūt, which is performed under the shadow of knowledge of Allah, the Almighty, and then His love. Servitude of ṭāqūt and choosing the animal lifestyle are based on the man’ neglect of his Creator, which spends the potential human abilities only for meeting his material needs and hence prevents him from prosperity and happiness.


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