زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٨ - What we are looking for in this book

the sense of philanthropy in those who wear precious diamondpieces, and several millions value stamp albums are one of the little decorations of their drawing rooms, and invite them to save the life of millions of leprous, cancerous and tuberculous patients? Which law can manage obstinate and destructive instincts, andsubtilize man's feelings and utilize his great industrial powersfor urbanization and reclamation of the countries?

Is any law able to penetrate into the territory of their spirit andsoul, and cause these changes? It goes without saying that thereis not such law among the existing ones.

It is here that the necessity of training and development ofanother principle called" ethic" is clarified. The principle whichpasses any obstacle just like the powerful waves of gravity andeven passes through vacuum and accedes to the interior ofman's soul, alters him, and creates a new person with excellentand heavenly and in the real sense, humanistic attributes.

The man who sympathizes for grief and distress of others. The man who considers his own and others' interests as thesame.

The man who never seeks his relief in discomfort of others. And finally, a man whose wide horizon of thought causes him tobe relieved from disturbances, offences, intolerance andvind ictiveness, and forms a real unity along with his fellowmen, in which there is welfare and blessing.

Yes, these principles, which are called" ethic", should be revived, and present book is written for this purpose and has originatedfrom Islamic rich and powerful resources.

Qom, Theological CenterNasser Makarem ShiraziNovember ٣٧٩١