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The Realm of Freedom… A. Mirzaei and S.H. Abedian (33
many of the creatures We rights.
have created”. (Quran, 17: 70) In this regard, God
“We have shown him the addressed the human kind in
way, whether he is grateful the Quran, explained the
or ungrateful”. (Quran, 76: 3) inherent dignity and superiority
Divine laws have been of human beings over other
legislated to protect and creatures, and God considered
actualize and perfect these human beings equal in the
powers in order to prevent advantage of dignity. (Ref:
evil manifestations and Quran, 17: 70)
decorations that are an With this equality, it
obstacle on the way to human guarantees the freedom of
happiness. This is what is people and rejects any kind of
known as positive freedom individual superiority over
today. other people.
Almighty God created man A tradition in this regard
in such a way that he should says:
accept responsibility for his “No one has an advantage
thoughts, speech and behavior, or superiority over another
the requirement of this except through piety”.
responsibility is that man has (Kulayni, 2008)
the right to choose and Imam Sadiq answered a
freedom of action so that he person who asked about the
can take responsibility for the quality of using Baitul-Mal,
chosen options and be able to saying:
defend himself and protect his
