The Role of Women in the Emergence of Moral Deviations and Strategies for Confronting Them (With Reference to Surah An-Nur)
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Holy Qur’an, Surah Al-Nur, Social Ethics, Moral Health, Shared Responsibility, Qur’anic Strategies, PreventionAbstract
This study aims to elucidate the perspective of the Holy Qur’an regarding the moral integrity of society and to extract strategies for confronting moral deviations through a content analysis of The Quran, particularly Surah An-Nur. The research method is qualitative content analysis based on a thematic exegesis approach. The findings indicate that Surah An-Nur presents a systematic, balanced, and comprehensive framework grounded in several key principles. First, it emphasizes the equal and shared responsibility of both women and men in preserving the moral boundaries of the individual and society, as reflected in the parallel commands of verses 30 and 31 and in legal rulings such as the punishment for false accusation (qadhf). Second, it offers multi-level strategies across three domains: the individual domain (self-purification, control of gaze and speech), the familial domain (promotion of accessible marriage, religious upbringing, and parental supervision), and the social domain (enjoining good and forbidding evil, equitable legislation, and cultural promotion of respect for privacy). Third, it prioritizes preventive strategies—through regulating visual conduct, facilitating marriage, and observing social etiquette—over purely punitive measures. Fourth, it portrays women as active and constructive agents serving as models of chastity, central figures in family-based moral education, and participants in fostering a healthy social environment. The final conclusion demonstrates that, from the Qur’anic perspective, moral integrity is a collective phenomenon arising from the responsible interaction of all social institutions, in which the establishment of “moral security” is pursued through education, the creation of a healthy environment, and just legislation, rather than by imposing responsibility upon a single gender. This study provides a framework for cultural policymaking and for responding to contemporary misconceptions.
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