The Inborn Qualities of Human Beings in the Holy Qur’an: A Pragmatic Objective Study (The Trait of Panic as a Model)

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the inborn qualities of humans in the Qur’an concerning their enumeration, elucidation of their meaning, and their relation to the duality of good and evil in human nature. It also sought to reveal some rhetorical secrets hidden in the diversity of their linguistic expressions and to study an applied model on the trait of panic. The study employed an introduction and two chapters using the methods of induction, analysis, and deduction. Among the most important results of the study is that the Qur’an mentions a variety of inborn and reprehensible qualities of human beings; it does not indicate the inherent nature of evil in a human being, but rather emphasizes that a human being was created according to a neutral nature which is equal in its inclinations to good or evil. In addition, panic is one of the inborn traits in which a human being lives with; it is most likely that such a trait is common to the human race, both believers and infidels. Muslim believers have the capability to overcome the effects of panic through self-purification by applying the obligations mentioned in the exception mentioned in the Quran, "Except for those who pray."