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A Quranic Model for a Universal Economic Theory نموذج قرآني لنظرية اقتصادية عالمية

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  • MOHAMMAD E. BIRAIMA

    (Department of Economics, Gezira University, Sudan)

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This paper outlines a universal Qur’anic economic theory that integrates orthodox economics based on utility maximization as the guiding principle of rational choice, and a new economics based on the maximization of iman as the guiding principle of choice for a rational Muslim. Both principles are shown to be Qur’anic principles that lie at the heart of the Master Plan of Creation (MPC) which depicts God’s purpose behind the creation of man and the universe that surrounds him, as well as the basic elements involved in realizing this divine purpose. It is through the unfolding of this divine MPC that the fundamental role of economics in the design of God for man becomes apparent. This universal Qur’anic paradigm is distinguished by its explanatory power, the decisive role it assigns to the moral individual as the kernel of the Islamic economy, its emphasis on man’s salvation, and its far reaching implications for Islamic economics with respect to its theoretical principles, methodology, institutions and policy. يبين هذا البحث ملامح نظرية اقتصادية قرآنية عالمية ، تتكامل فيها النظرية الاقتصادية التقليدية التي تعتمد على مبدأ تكبير المنفعة كمعيار للاختيار العقلاني الرشيد، مع نظرية اقتصادية جديدة تعتمد على مبدأ تكبير الإيمان كمعيار للاختيار عند المسلم الرشيد. ويظهر البحث أن كل المبدأين له أساس في صميم الخطة الكبرى للخليقة، تلك الخطة التي تعبر عن الغاية الإلهية من خلق الإنسان والكون الذي يحيط به، وتحتوي على العناصر الأساسية اللازمة لتحقيق تلك الغاية. إنه من خلال ظهور هذه الخطة الكبرى، يتبين الموقع الأساسي للاقتصاد في تحقيق الدور الذي هيأه الله للإنسان. إن هذا الأنموذج القرآني العالمي يتميز بقدرته التفسيرية، وبالدور الحاسم الذي ينوطه بالإنسان الأخلاقي باعتباره لب أي اقتصاد إسلامي، وبتركيزه على إنقا الإنسان ، وبدلالاته البعيدة بالنسبة لعلم الاقتصاد الإسلامي في مبادئه النظرية، وفي منهجه ومؤسساته وسياساته.

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  • Mohammad E. Biraima, 1991. "A Quranic Model for a Universal Economic Theory نموذج قرآني لنظرية اقتصادية عالمية," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 3(1), pages 3-41, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:3:y:1991:i:1:no:1:p:3-41
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.3-1.1
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