PREFACE

  Without a tinge of doubt, human edification, reformation, and cultivation play a salient role in man’s individual and social, as well as worldly and heavenly, prosperity. This is such that if man acquires all branches of knowledge and gains control over all natural phenomenon but falls short of keeping aloof evil temptations and carnal soul, he will fail to reach prosperity and perfection.

If not coupled with man’s edification, all the scientific and industrial advancements will resemble the towering palaces erected atop a volcano. Therefore, moral and ethical training of man - and in a word the program of edifying mankind - is a seriously crucial issue for every society. Nevertheless, a glance at the situation of human societies indicates that, before anything else, mankind’s ethical and moral education has fallen into oblivion. All current shortcomings in the world, as well as all difficulties new besetting mankind, stem from his neglect on moral and ethical education and edification.