آداب الحوار في القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية صلى الله عليه وسلم

Human beings are innately filled with prejudices and biases. Interaction of these biases and building alternative views involve dexterous efforts. The dialogue approach could be thought of as positive disposition to others which encourages the virtues of neighborliness, friendship and mutual trust and caring. The current paper discusses the importance of dialogue in every field of life, if there is any misunderstanding or controversies among individuals, communities, societies, and religions. Islam has emphasized on the dialogue for resolving the misconceptions. The present study defines dialogue literally and technically by denoting its legitimacy from primary sources of the Islamic Law. The present study mani-fests the differences of several terms relevant to dialogue such as Jidal and Munazarah. It also denotes some illustrations of dialogue from the Holy Qur’an and Ahadith of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).  The main focus of the article is on the ethics of dialogue in the light of Qur’an and Sunnah including the conditions and qualifications of a person, who is capable for dialogue in accordance attributes prescribes by Shari‘ah. The conversation must be in a good environment and usage of the words, phrases, and statements have much more importance in the success of a perfect dialogue. The research concludes that an expert and competent person should be selected for such dialogues and recommends that such scholars should be trained in developing strong communication and debating skills in every situation.

قصص الانبیاء اور اخلاقی تعلیمات: قرآن اور بائبل کا تقابلی جائزہ

The purpose of human life is to serve Allah Almighty. To remind him of this purpose Allah Almighty has sent Prophets with guidance from time to time. The main objective of the messengers was the character building of human being. As society progressed materialistically, it suffered from a gradual moral degradation, being inflicted by verities of evils and crimes. To address these problems, the revealed books and scriptures contained different methodologies in which storytelling method was also was adopted for its effective and convincing impact on human. Therefore, the study of the above-mentioned method in revealed books is crucial to address the moral and ethical deficiencies of the contemporary societies. This research is comprised of three chapters. The first chapter deals with the comparative and analytical study of the methodology of storytelling in the context of the Quran and Bible (Old Testament). The second chapter discusses the stories of the Quran and Bible in the perspective of of the prevention of unethical behaviour and attitude at individual, familial and societal level. The third chapter examines the stories of the Quran and Bible in the perspective of the promotion of ethical behaviour and attitude at individual, familial and societal level. The study reveals that the Qur'anic stories are not solely meant for storytelling rather, they have a moralistic purpose. On the contrary, Bible contains stories focusing more on historical perspective. Similarly, all the moral teachings present in the Bible are presented in the Quran while the case is not same otherwise. Moreover, there is no contradiction in the Quranic stories while on the other hand, there are contradictions between biblical stories and teachings.