Why Does Quran Emphasize So Much On Morality And Not On Physical Health
Quran doesn’t teach us about Ethics, because the basis of Ethics, just like our common sense has been ingrained in us inside our nature (‘ fitrat ‘). We are well aware of what is good (‘ Maruf ‘) and what is wrong (‘ Munkar ‘) and that good should be preferred over wrong. And just the way our common sense guides us toward taking good care of our physical health, similarly our common sense also guides us to be good all the time. Since we humans are surrounded by emotions, whims, wishes and prejudice, which at times cloud our judgement of following good all the time, and a mistake in this matter can actually have eternal implications in the hereafter, therefore Quran reminds us of this fact so that we don’t slip along the way. Had it not been a matter of eternal implications, then it too would have been left to the common sense of humans just like other worldly matters. Please also see : Discussion 63834