Defense Readiness from Nahj al-Balāgha's Perspective with Emphasis on the Characteristic Components of Human Capital

Abstract

The conscious presence of the armed forces in various fields, especially in the field of defense, is an essential requirement to realize the security and developmental needs of society. On the other hand, it is very important to establish the organization of the Armed Forces based on the major principles and constitute the command and commandment based on the Alawite teachings, through a wise manner, for the administration of affairs. Imam Ali (AS), who is considered to be the greatest commentator and interpreter of the Holy Qur’an and religious intentions after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), has stated valuable statements in Nahj al-Balāgha in explaining the defense Readiness with an emphasis on the characteristic components of human capital, based on original teachings of Qur’an and Sunnah, whose identification has been the subject of action by the authors of this article. Therefore, in this paper, we identify and analyze the characteristic components by a qualitative content analysis to identify the true position of defense readiness in Nahj al-Balāgha. In the self-sustaining human capital characteristic components, 20% had the highest frequency compared to other components, and the "attraction and repulsion" component with 10.6%, is the second feature, and the "specialty and meritocracy", with 8.6% is the third feature of Military commanders and managers in the defense field regarding the abundancy.