Tawḥīd as a Fundamental Element of the Islamic Worldview and Its Implications for Moral Thoughts and Values
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v5i2.248Keywords:
Tawḥīdī worldview, Tawḥīd al-Asma wa al-Sifat, Moral Values, Moral Consciousness, Moral Reasoning, Character ReformationAbstract
This is an analysis of the Tawḥīdī worldview from the standpoints of moral epistemology and moral psychology. The aim is to explore some of the implications that the names and attributes of Allah could have on the Muslims’ moral thoughts and behaviours. In recent times, the names and attributes of Allah have attracted little academic focus, despite their potential to be employed as frameworks to discuss and address many issues. This paper, therefore, seeks to demonstrate that the names and attributes of Allah are veritable reservoirs that could be explored for moral knowledge and paradigms. It indicates how they could serve as guides to moral reasoning, bases for moral consciousness and also sources of moral motivation. This is attempted through a qualitative method of an inductive approach, and it entails a conceptual analysis of selected names and attributes of Allah based on the Quranic contextual usage. The paper, therefore, holds the view that each of the names or attributes of Allah has moral-related concepts that could inform Muslims’ moral thoughts and values, and they could also serve as bases for moral conduct and character (re)formation.
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