Morality in the Quran: The Greater Good of Humanity

Through a thematic interpretation of the Quran, the author proposes the following five critical elements to morality:

• obligation
• responsibility
• sanction
• intent and
• effort

Each element plays an indispensable role in the conscience of a believer.

The author postulates that every human possesses a light that enables them to determine good and evil on a fundamental level propelling them towards duty, kindness and charity. It is then asserted that the believer possesses a double light – a deep knowledge that incorporates divine law into our very essence.

About the author

Muhammad Abdullah Draz (1894-1958) has made significant contributions to contemporary Islamic thought – especially in the fields of Quranic and Maqasid (objectives) studies. The original version of this book formed the doctoral dissertation, La Morale du Coran, which earned Muhammad Abdullah Draz a doctorate degree with the highest level of distinction at the Sorbonne, Paris in 1947. The author’s theory of morality presented in this book has not been matched in its originality, integrity and depth.