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An Analysis of the Impacts of Religious Ethics Principles … M. Askarinejad et al (87


                       Narāqī  cites  his  claimant  on          simplicity side of the faculty of
                       disapproving      Tahavvur  in            anger.  In  this  case,  man  does

                       Islamic  doctrines  in  the               not  do  anything  unless  the
                       following verse,                          priority  for  him  is  revenge.

                             “And      do     not    cast        Jobn,  from  one  aspect,  is
                             yourselves with your own            contrary  to  Shojā'at  (bravery)
                                                                 and  from  another  aspect  is
                             hands  into  destruction”
                             (The Qur’an, 2: 195).               contrary to Tahavvur (temerity).
                         Hence, if an audacious man                 Cowardice is placed on the

                       casts  himself  with  his  own            extreme  side  and  is  a  big
                       hands into destruction, he will           destructive  vice  from  which
                       lose  his  life,  not  allowed  in        man will be attributed to some

                       religion.  It  is  prohibited  in         despicable  features  such  as
                       religious  teachings  to  destroy         self-abasement, lowliness, and
                       Allah’s (SWT) deposit that is             life  terribleness.  They  might

                       bestowed  on  man.  The  late             become lazy, complacent, and
                       Narāqī invoked his claims by              unstable      in    their     jobs.
                       ‘Aql  (intellect)  which  orders          Furthermore, people will seek
                       us  to  protect  ourselves  from          his/her  life  and  wealth.  Thus,

                       dangers  and  mentioned  that             s/he  will  be  banned  from
                       ones who cast themselves into             perfection  and  salvation.  The

                       destruction     are    somehow            oppressors will invade his/her
                       stupid  since  ‘Uqala  (wise              life and impose various kinds
                       men)  will  never  expose                 of  infamy  on  a  cowardly
                       themselves      in     dangerous          person,      who      might     be

                       circumstances.                            subjected  to  various  curses
                                                                 and  accusations,  but  careless
                          •  Jobn  (Cowardice)  as               about  all  things  that  cause

                              al-Tafrīṭ    (Simplicity)
                              Side  of  the  Faculty  of         infamy  and  shame.  Also,
                              Ġaḍab (Anger)                      disgraced in Shari’a, s/he will
                                                                 abandon  his/her  lofty  goals
                       Jobn    is    another     extreme         (Narāqī, 2002: 252).
                       attribute  that  lies  on  the
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