PROBLEM OVISNOSTI IZ OBZORJA KUR'ANSKE ANTROPOLOGIJE
THE PROBLEM OF ADDICTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF QUR`ANIC ANTROPOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: According to the teaching of the Qur`an, Islam is, primarily, obedience to Allah and voluntary subordination to His will and regulations. The Qur`an points out that all the unpleasant things which man experiences in his life are results of his misdoings, which are as such, inconsistent with Allah's order and the laws prescribed by Him. Islamic injunctions and regulations are designed in such a way that as long as man fulfils them regularly and properly, that will bring him spiritual peace, stability and internal contentment. Islam offers such a concept of life whereby man, by living in agreement with Islamic principles, affirms himself as sound, creative and balanced creature, adorned with high moral qualities. It is well known that Islam demands from its followers to perform salat. All Islamic scholars agree that salat is one of the fundamental and most important obligations. Through continuous performance of salat man continually refreshes contact with his Creator, and the frequency of Salat times is aimed at helping him to not ever forget the purpose and main task of his life in the whirlpool of the mundane movements and activities. The other Islamic injunctions, like fasting, zakat, hajj, concept of remembrance of Allah, supplications and glorification of Allah, have unified objective and that is to form a healthy and balanced person, which will be aware of its mission in life and which will not allow itself to become a slave of dissolute passions or any other vices which harm human health and life. Consequently, sincere belief in One God, Allah, the way Islam enjoins, represents a powerful means in man's endeavour to achieve a complete liberation from all kinds of alienation and addiction. The one who earnestly believe in One and the only God, Allah, and keeps contact with Him through observance of salat five times a day, along with observance of other duties instituted on the basis of the Revelation of Allah and the sunnah of His Prophet, has no need to resort to any kind of intoxicant means which transform man into an addict. In case a man has already fallen into that condition, Qur`an teaches that the door of tawbah (repentance) is widely open, and in that situation the fundamental Islamic duties are still of essential significance in the treatment of addicts, because Islam is, in fact, the way towards real humanization of man and his liberation from all kinds of additions and slavery.

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