The Quranic approach in preventing the problems arising from the lack of filial piety towards parents

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2009
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Muhammad Hasan, Rafiq Ramadhan
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There are seven Quranic verses that urge on kindness to parents, obeying them without demur in everything good and warn against ungratefulness to them even with the least word of contempt (even Fie). They are interpreted like this by the companions of the Prophet (sahabah), may Allah be pleased with them, and deduced by the interpreters of Quran from those verses. Currently it is noticed that many Quranic studies dealt with those verses. Most of them are characterized to be repetitive and standstill. A Quranic study could hardly be found devoted to the focus on the methodology of Quran or the style by which Quran addressed the problem of unkindness to parents. The style, which is accompanied by enjoining and forbidding, has the good effect on helping the adult to halt at the enjoining and forbidding and it is so effective in treating unkindness to parents. This problem should not be studied without the Quranic style. The current research is an analytical study that focuses on pointing out the Quranic method in addressing the unkindness to parents through the above-mentioned verses. The researcher also aims to contribute in extracting some treasures of this miraculous Book, and to be also added to the voices which seek achieving the core of unkindness to parent's treatment verbally, practically, and preachingly. In order to carry out these objectives, the researcher focuses on the above-mentioned verses as interpreted by Tafsir scholars connected with deducing the meaning and directions which are concealed in these verses, and how it carries in its meaning the various Quranic styles in addressing unkindness to parents. The most important styles which the researcher addresses are as follows: 1- the style of recommending to be good to parents, 2- the style of enjoining to be kind and courteous to parents, and 3- the style of stirring up the sons' sentiment towards parents. The researcher also deduced the conclusion that Quran put forward the preventive solution for treating the problem of unkindness to parents such as bringing up children to be kind to parents, highly estimating and praising the care of the Prophets – peace be on them - for their parents and recorded a lot of their instructional and praiseworthy deeds, and mentioning the punishment against the one who is unkind to his parents and the favour for the one who is kind and courteous to them. This is called 'the style of promise and intimidation' by the researcher.
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Humanities , Quranic approach , Filial piety , Parents
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