Basic Concept of Good and Evil in Islam

There are some basic ideas which play key-role in establishment of the social and moral structure of Islam. Without understanding these notions such as - moral and evil, right and wrong, Halal (acceptable) and Haram (prohibited), prize for good performances and penalties for evil performances – we can barely be inspired to do pious performances, to assume qualities and to shun evils, to perceive good behaviors, and to discharge our responsibilities to others. A complete conversation of these basic ideas would be made in the light of the Holy Qur’an, the revealed book of Islam, and the ethnicities of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), the Prophet of Islam.rnAccording to basic dictionary sense, good and evil indicate a diversity of things. Though, in this segment we are enchanting good and evil in their ethical, right and spiritual sense and in the system of noun and adjective. Good denotes ethically excellent, righteous, having the right abilities, virtuous, pious, commendable, straight. Goodness represents moral fineness, the state or superiority of being good, morality, piety, uprightness, rectitude, virtuousness, correctness, politeness, humanness, kindness, kindheartedness, honesty, truthfulness. Evil suggest decently bad, sinful, immoral, wrong, ill, mischievous, wicked, harmful, repulsive, characterized, injurious, or convoyed by bad luck or grief. Evil is in quality, intent or behavior like bad character, bad manner, bad intent. In the way of noun evil implies wickedness, transgression, wickedness, ignobility, corruption, bribery, iniquity, malignity, maleficence, maliciousness, sin, turpitude, vice, viciousness, wrong, villainy, wrongdoing. Thus, Islam has offered many religious and spiritual obligations that help to induce goodness in our character like Umrah and for its completion various Umrah Packages are available. rnIn religious-moral sagacity, good and evil are basic ideals and it is not easy to designate them in accurate behaviors. While the basic thoughts of good and evil remain the similar, their standard may change from stage to stage, place to place, culture to culture. The words ‘good’ and’ evil’ have not been demarcated by Islam. Neither the Holy Qur’an nor the traditions of the prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) deliver any exact description of these terms. Without giving any description of good and evil, the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, though, cast a lot of bright on what is respectable and what is evil as the notions of good and evil are central in the socio-ethical construction of Islam. Religion Islam orders upon its supporters to do moral and hold back from evil. Activities which are good and which are bad have been obviously defined by the Holy Qur’an and Traditions of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him). The achievers of good activities have been assured rewards whereas doers of evil movements have been endangered with dreadful castigation.rnMorality and sin have been enlightened by the prophet of Islam (Peace Be Upon Him) in a very exact but intense way. When inquired by a companion about virtue and wickedness, the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) answered: Virtue is good character, and wickedness is that which rotates in your heart about which you do not want persons to recognize.