A Political Reading of the Concept of Patience in the Quran from the Perspective of Islamic Governance

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Assistant Professor, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, Qom, Iran

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Patience (ṣabr) is one of the key concepts in the Quran, mentioned 103 times across 93 verses. This frequent repetition highlights its significance. Although it is primarily discussed within the realm of ethics, the repeated emphasis in the Quran raises the question: can the concept of patience be applied beyond the ethical domain, particularly in governance, and in the managerial, social, and political spheres? This article, based on a three-stage policy-making model (formulation, implementation, and evaluation), library research, and content analysis of Quranic verses focused on the theme of ṣabr, investigates the process of revelation and the points raised in Shia exegeses of the Quran. The article adopts an inductive approach to reading the concept of ṣabr in the Quran from the perspective of Islamic governance. In this study, using the method of content analysis, the policy-related insights derived from the concept of ṣabr in the Quran are extracted and explained from the perspective of Islamic governance. A total of 159 basic themes, 62 organizing themes, and 11 overarching themes were identified from the verses containing the word ṣabr or its derivatives. Ultimately, the overarching themes were categorized under the three stages of "formulation," "implementation," and "evaluation" based on the three-stage policy-making model.

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