From Rawasi and Barakah to Taqdir al-Aqwat: A Quranic Formative Model for Sustainable Watershed Management and Water-Soil Governance under Iran s Water Scarcity Crisis (With Emphasis on Fussilat , Hadiths and Nahj al-Balaghah)

ashnahamideh¹

1) Faculty member of Islamic Studies at Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, and PhD student at Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch.

IOI Code : ABKH-ACABAF
Publication : 4th International Conference on Applied Researches in Humanities, Economics, Management & Accounting(icrhema.com)
Abstract :
    Soil erosion, aquifer depletion, water-intensive monoculture and unsustainable trade in water-intensive crops threaten food security and territorial sustainability in Iran and the region. This study aims to present a balanced-economy model based on the Quranic teaching of Taqdir al-Aqwat, using a descriptive-analytical method and an interdisciplinary approach bridging comparative exegesis, Nahj al-Balaghah and environmental economics. The main finding is a four-pillar model of Imarah-Qadr-Mizan-Sawa: land rehabilitation before extraction, production and storage according to a known measure proportional to each land unit, fair trade without shortchanging and hoarding, and guaranteed rights for all needy from humans and livestock to the environment and future generations. The results show that the natural diversity of lands justifies surplus-based trade rather than imposed self-sufficiency in all products, and that the Josephian storage pattern offers resilience in periodic droughts. Accordingly, four solutions are proposed: land-unit-based planning and proportionate cropping, strategic storage, regional surplus trade and Imran-oriented governance with environmental water rights. The innovation lies in translating the Barakah-Aqwat duality into a capacity-production-sustainable trade cycle and introducing formative justice as a basis for Islamic environmental economics.

Keywords : balanced economy taqdir al aqwat agro environmental management virtual water trade letter 53 of nahj al balaghah sustainable development