Quran, Culture And Civilization

Quran, Culture And Civilization

Explaining Perceptual and Cognitive Disorders in Social Relations and Interactions Using the Qur’an: A Case Study in the Communicative Interface of Culture and Economy

Authors
Vahid Mohammadi 1
Hassan Khojasteh Baghirzadeh 2
Mohammad-Mehdi Labibi 3
1 PhD in Media Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media Studies, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Radio, Faculty of Production, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media Studies, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jksl.2025.494397.1421
Abstract
The interaction and mutual influence between the concepts of economy and culture form a tangled and often confusing relationship that leads to conceptual overlap. The present study seeks to establish a principled equilibrium and a sound mode of interaction between cultural and economic systems by drawing on the Qur’an. Cognitive and perceptual sciences shape how societies understand issues, since the primary cause of perceptual and computational error lies in assigning improper weight to these concepts and in constructing unbalanced relations between them.Using a qualitative content analysis approach, this article examines the cultural–economic constellation within human life and social developments. Cognitive clarity and cognitive disorders-derived from Sūrat al-Nūr and formulated as sarābī disorder (mirage-like misperception) and lughajī disorder (obstinate distortion)-are analyzed alongside cultural–economic interactions based on Sūrat al-Zukhruf, with emphasis on foundational enabling structures such as qawm, qaryah, ābāʾ, and banāt. The findings propose a model of proper cultural-economic interaction in which perceptual disorders-whether sarābī or lughajī-disrupt the balance between cultural and economic variables and produce cognitively flawed decision-making. In response, the concepts of “water-weight” (thaqal ābī) and “light-weight” (thaqal nūrī) are introduced as fundamental principles for restoring cognitive transparency and recalibrating the correct relational pattern between culture and economy.

Graphical Abstract

Explaining Perceptual and Cognitive Disorders in Social Relations and Interactions Using the Qur’an: A Case Study in the Communicative Interface of Culture and Economy
Keywords
cognitive and perceptual sciences
culture and economy
ikhtilāl sarābī
ikhtilāl lujajī
Sūrat al-Zukhruf
Sūrat al-Nūr

Subjects

The Holy Quran.
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  • Receive Date 19 January 2025
  • Revise Date 21 April 2025
  • Accept Date 28 April 2025
  • Publish Date 22 December 2025