Constructing a Qur’anic Dataset on Human–Environment Relations: Insights and Analysis

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10.37264/JIQS.V4I1.3
چکیده

The aim of this study is to develop a comprehensive dataset for interdisciplinary research on the Qur’an and the environment. Conducted with a descriptive–analytical approach, the study examined all verses of the Qur’an based on authoritative translations and commentaries. In this process, 766 verses on human–environment relations were identified and classified into 15 categories, such as humans as part of nature, human vicegerency on earth, the subjugation of nature, legitimate use of natural blessings in this world and the hereafter, and the prohibition of corruption and destruction of the environment. In addition, 833 environmental instances were extracted and grouped into eight main categories: climate and atmosphere (27%), marine environment (1%), animal environment (10%), animal products (6%), plant environment (19%), plant products (8%), the solar system (22%), and human industries derived from nature (7%). Conceptual analysis indicated that these relations can be interpreted at three key levels, ethical, jurisprudential, and eschatological, showing that the Qur’an presents nature as a divine blessing and a trust given to humankind, emphasizing both proper utilization and the moral and eschatological consequences of environmental corruption. This dataset provides a novel foundation for future research in environmental ethics and Islamic jurisprudence, as well as for rethinking responses to contemporary environmental crises.

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Data collection: All verses of the Qur’an were examined in full. Literal translations and authoritative exegetical works, includingal-Mīzān(Tabataba'i 1995), al-Kashshāf(al-Zamakhsharī 1987), al-Tibyān(al-Ṭūsī 2010), andTafsīr Namūneh(Makarem Shirazi 1992), were consulted in order to achieve a more precise understanding of natural referents and human–nature relations., Identification and coding of relational categories: From the relevant verses, fifteen distinct types of human–nature relations were identified and systematically coded. These included, for example, creation of nature for humankind, human vicegerency, subjugation of nature, consumption as blessing, corruption in nature, and natural calamities., Classification of environmental instances: Alongside the relational coding, specific environmental instances were extracted and organized into eight main groups: climate and atmosphere, marine environment, plant environment, plant products, animal environment, animal products, the cosmos, and industries based on natural resources., Ethical: Although relatively few verses carry explicit ethical tags, more than a quarter (25%) of verses in the human vicegerency category emphasize humanity’s moral responsibility toward the earth., Legal: In categories such as corruption in nature by humans (50%), prohibition of consumption (30.8%), and consumption as blessing (20.5%), legal implications dominate, particularly concerning permissible and impermissible uses of natural resources., Eschatological: This is the most pervasive dimension. In consumption in the hereafter (90%) and commendable use of nature (58.6%), verses link human engagement with nature directly to afterlife reward or punishment. Even categories such as prohibition of consumption (15.4%) and consumption as blessing (6%) retain eschatological undertones., RIS, EndNote, Mendeley, BibTeX, APA, MLA, HARVARD, CHICAGO, VANCOUVER