Linguistic Analysis Of The Lexical Term ‘Secure’ In The Holy Qur’an Towards Studying The Fundamentalists’ Objectives Of Preserving Security And Public Order

Abstract

The present research paper aims to demonstrate that maintaining security and preserving public order is a legitimate goal despite its not being prominent among the necessary objectives of Sharia, and plan to address the concepts of security and public order from a fundamentalists’ perspective and how Sharia contributes to achieving security and public order. To this end, the study explores the lexical semantic meaning of the word ‘secure’ in the Holy Qur’an, and the researchers try to show the paths through which the rank of security is determined between being a goal or being a means to show the difference between them. This is accomplished by induction, which demonstrates that maintaining the community's order—which God established to meet wants, pursue interests, and prevent chaos and disorder—is the primary objective of messengers. More significantly, the research highlights the importance of security in both worldly and hereafter contexts, as well as the role of Sharia in achieving security by compliance with its commands and the deterrent role of Sharia in upholding essential goals. According to the fundamentalists, public order is identified as the cause of establishing societies and is an indicator of the reality of succession. The findings emphasize the importance of security in building cohesive societies and the necessity of investing in the objectives of Sharia to preserve security and public order in Muslim countries.