Islam and Environmental Ethics: A Quranic Approach

یادداشت: عنوان فارسی: اسلام و اخلاق زیست محیطی: رویکردی قرآنی.
The present paper deals with Islamic moral teachings of the environment from a Qur’ānic perspective. It attempts to correlate some familiar Qur’ānic terms with human moral responsibility towards the natural world. The paper investigates whether the Islamic view of the natural world supports the anthropocentric and bio-centric approach to environmental ethics or not. In so doing, the paper aims to present an Islamic balancing approach to the environment, show why such a unique approach is necessary to address the present environmental degradation, and how it can work for environmental sustainability.
Keywords: Islamic eco-theology, environmental ethics, ‘abd, ‘adl, ākhirah, amānah, fasād, iḥsān, khalīfah, mīzān, qadar, tawḥīd