Outcomes and End of Inappropriate Power in the Mystical Facet of Verses of the Sura Al-Qasas

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Manzar Narimanizadeh ¹ , Yadolah Maleki ² , Aliakbar Mohamadi ³

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Received: 2020-07-25 Accepted : 2020-07-25 Published : 2020-07-22

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The impact of appropriate and inappropriate power on the underdevelopment of human being both worldly and spiritually is not something concealed to anyone. Because as much as the appropriate power can accelerate the perfectness of mankind as the self-powered creature along with the path of God and paves the way his divinity of soul and makes him mystical, the inappropriate power can drain the mystical aspect of human being and deprives him of his divinity and  makes him lose his divine soul. In this regard, some verses of the holy Quran that deals with the effects and consequences of inappropriate power include verses 4 to 6 of the Sura Al-Qasas. Accordingly, the Pharaoh sought after his own superiority and weakening of others, and took any action to achieve the goal. Accordingly, he is introduced as the symbol of inappropriate power and corrupted persons. This paper written with descriptive analytic method deals with the outcomes of inappropriate power and arrogance and their end according to the verses. The holy Quran realizes that the major and fundamental problem in the Pharaoh’s power is his arrogance and superiority and corruption on the earth. Some superiority seeking policies and arrogance of Pharaoh that nowadays are among arrogant governments include social class difference, dividing policy for the survival of government, weakening, looking down upon people.