Faith versus Materialism; A Message From Ayat-ul-Kursi

Authors

  • Nayab Khalid Research Scholar of MS Economics, the Islamic International University Islamabad
  • Maryam Habib Director at the Rehmat and Maryam Researchers (Islamabad and Lodhran), and the Director at the Islamabad Institute for Inter-Faith Harmony and Public Life

Keywords:

Russell W. Belk, Nongenerosity, People’s Possessions, Possessiveness, Physicalism, Rejection of Economic Materialism

Abstract

In between the terms “materialism” and “economic materialism”, every religious scholar assume that both concepts are ideologically contradictory to the faith. This study interprets all seven parts of Ayat-ul-Kursi in this regard. By quoting various narrates of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Ali Ibn-e-Abu Talib and Fatima Zahra, this study looks at the questions of “what materialists and economic materialists believe regarding the socioeconomic development in this world”, and “how Ayat-ul-Kursi rejects their concepts”.

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01-01-2023

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Nayab Khalid, & Maryam Habib. (2023). Faith versus Materialism; A Message From Ayat-ul-Kursi. Insights of Mystical, Spiritual and Theological Studies, 2(1), 46–52. Retrieved from http://imsts.rmrpublishers.org/index.php/files/article/view/14

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): January

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