Quranic Documents Essentials and Requirements of Happiness in Imam Khamenei’s Viewpoint

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Al-Mustafa International University

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Happiness and cheerfulness is one of the natural needs of human beings in life, which has been paid special attention in the statements of the Supreme Leader. The declaration of the second step of the revolution, which can be considered as the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, emphasizes the need to develop an Islamic lifestyle, one of the special areas of which is the issue of the style of happiness and cheerfulness. He expressed the criteria and requirements of this human mental state with special delicacy and stated the backgrounds and factors for its realization and believes that material and spiritual factors can be involved in the realization of happiness. Interrogating [istintaq] the Holy Quran and presenting the statements of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution to this divine book shows that he, inspired by verses that consider the divine intention necessary for the perfection of human deeds, recommends the intention of closeness to God and worship in happiness. This Quranic teaching that the events of human life, including joy and sorrow, are the causes of human suffering and trial, and the means of learning, is explicitly reflected in the words of the Leader along with some philosophies of happiness. Avoidance of sin is one of the most important prohibitions of the Holy Quran, which is also mentioned in the Quran while forbidding some forms of happiness. Imam Khamenei, who in the declaration of the second step deals with some functions of behavior with a religious and Islamic approach, and in his other statements, by forbidding some forms of happiness that lead to sin, draws the audience to this important issue. The Supreme Leader of the Revolution emphasizes planning and being moderate in happiness, which is, in fact, paying attention to the comprehensive commands and decrees of the Quran in the field of economics and management. Respecting the divine rites and the companionship and convergence of the believers are among the divine commands in the Holy Quran that Imam Khamenei considers necessary to observe in celebrations and joys.

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The Quran and Science
Volume 15, Issue 29 - Serial Number 29
November 2022
Pages 186-211

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  • Receive Date: 19 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 06 July 2021
  • Accept Date: 11 October 2021

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