Research of the Islamic Revolution

Research of the Islamic Revolution

Analysis of the concept of Satan in the Quran from the perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Phd student of Muslim Social Science, Imam Sadiq University (AS) - Researcher of the Rushd Center of Imam Sadiq University (AS)
2 Ph.D. in culture and communication, Imam Sadiq University (AS); Researcher at the Rushd Center of Imam Sadegh University (AS)
10.22034/rir.2025.509185.1089
Abstract
"Satan" as an effective truth in human life has long been the focus of divine religions; But in the field of knowledge and about this truth, there has always been superficiality and limited confrontation with the devil to his curse. Ayatollah Khamenei, as one of the interpreters of the Holy Qur'an in the present era, has explained the issue of Satan with his special approach in facing the Qur'anic concepts. Based on this, the present research tries to explain the issue of Satan from the perspective of His by referring to his interpretive works and other statements. This article was carried out with thematic analysis method, which is included in the qualitative approach, and its data were analyzed and analyzed through three stages of descriptive coding, interpretive coding and integration of themes. In the end, the findings of the present research are categorized in the five major categories of "Definition of Satan", "Types of Satan", "Aims of Satan", "Weapon of Satan" and "Obstacles of Satan" from the perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei through thematic analysis
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