An Approach To The Anthropological Theory Of The Qur'an And Hadith And Its Role In Reducing Environmental Degradation

Background: According to the Qur'an, man is the servant and the successor of Allah, the representative of prosperity on earth and the responsible for the universe. This approach will cause a constructive human interaction with the environment. The environmental degradation is against the Will of Allah. It originates from ignorance, human selfishness and passions and evil temptations, which manifest themselves in greed, arrogance and extravagance. If man can control these abnormal factors and reduce their roots in himself through the Qur’anic teachings, he will enjoy a healthy environment that is a universal right. This paper seeks to study the anthropological theory of the Qur'an and its role in reducing environmental degradation. Methods: Based on the descriptive-analytical method of the present review study, the article uses 70 verses of the Holy Qur’an in which the words samā’, 'ard, mas’ūl, khalīfah, shaytān and those are cognate with the Arabic verbs sa-khkha-ra, ha-ra-sa, sa-ra-fa, ki-ba-ra, ha-wā, ‘a-ba-da, and ‘a-ma-ra, as well as the related articles, books, and philological and exegetical sources. It investigates the Qur’an to find the effect of awareness and more attention of human beings to the dimensions of their creation on reducing environmental degradation. These issues will be discussed in two parts: 1) the anthropology and the dimensions of human creation in the Qur’an, and 2) the roots of environmental degradation. Results: The results of this study showed that the necessity of survival of life and human enjoyment of a healthy environment is enough knowledge of oneself, seeking help from Allah and following the Qur'anic guidelines. This leads to effective control of internal and external roots in environmental degradation including ignorance, egoism, selfishness and evil temptations, and it destroys the roots of greed, arrogance and extravagance in the human being. For this reason, Allah demands from human the earth development, care and rescue from any destruction, avoidance of extravagance and observance of justice. Conclusion: Meditating in the Qur’an, man knows his creative dimensions and environmental degradation factors that are incompatible with nature and are rooted in some of the inner and outer dimensions of human personality. Hence, he will consciously enjoy the environment basically on the sustainable development and maintaining the health environment. This will then reduce anomalies in the environment on his part.