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Moral Education of Adolescents… A.S Hosseini Dehshiri (119
right from you. God and Sermon 113 also states:
that you ask God for help “Piety and fear of God
to reach piety and seek help prevent the friends of
from piety to reach God. God from committing
(Ref: Motahari, 2002: 17-18) haram, and place fear in
Piety is a factor that their hearts. It wakes
leads man to moral growth, them up at night and
because it enables man to keeps them thirsty in the
face his own air and tame heat of the day. Piety
the ego. gives man freedom, frees
In Sermon 16 of Naj-ol- him from the bondage of
Balagheh, the role of piety air and lust, and the field
in preventing the domination of carnal vices; Because
of carnal airs is mentioned: it removes lust, greed,
“They set their riders on jealousy, etc. from his
fire. And piety is like neck”.
tame camels that are
controlled by their riders, Thus, piety is considered
their owners ride on as a basic and important
them and enter Paradise. principle in moral education.
Piety is the way of truth We have said that piety
and righteousness and in the field of education
sins are the way of and morality means self-
falsehood and destruction”. preservation, self-control and
putting actions and behaviors
in a logical direction. And
the adolescent is a person
