Spahic, Omer (2021) Lessons in decoration from the Qurʾanic Sūrah al-Zukhruf (Gold Adornments). Al-Burhan: Journal of Qurʾān and Sunnah Studies, 5 (1). pp. 1-16. E-ISSN 2600-8386
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Abstract
This paper discusses three lessons in decoration from the Qurʾanic chapter, or sūrah, al-Zukhruf (gold adornments). The lessons recognise and deal with decoration as an intrinsic human pursuit, a means of deception, and a means for enhancing and promoting the truth. Each lesson is discussed in separate sections, which are titled in the manner of the essence of the lessons. The paper concludes that the realm of decoration is inborn and instinctive. Its potential impact on human emotions and psyche is such that it can influence man’s behavioural pattern. As a weak and wavering creation, it will be burdensome if too much of worldly beauty, splendour and prosperity is placed at his disposal. Thus blinded, most persons would lose sight of all moral and spiritual considerations and become egocentric, insatiable, and cruel. The meaning of inherent beauty, splendour and wealth will then be lost forever in the process. The three lessons are entwined with the nucleus and main emphasis of the sūrah, that is, the exposition of the contrasts between the beauty and glory of the truth and revelation and the false glitter of other counterfeit alternatives. The contents of the lessons represent the gist of the Islamic tawḥīdic (God’s Oneness) worldview.
| Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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| Additional Information: | 2202/90006 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Decoration; Sūrah al-Zukhruf; Deception; Signs; the Truth |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > Islamic art and architecture N Fine Arts > Islamic art and architecture > Islamic decoration |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary Studies (Effective: 5th Feb 2014) |
| Depositing User: | Omer Spahic |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2021 12:44 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2021 12:44 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/90006 |
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