Abstract:
The current research tries to investigate the Qur'an perspective on the goal setting, formulate the Qur’anic goal setting model and compare it with the SMART goal setting model using a qualitative and analytical method. The goals in the SMART model are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and scheduled. In the study of the Qur'an, the verses related to goal setting were extracted and the Qur'anic model of "goal setting" were formulated. In this model, the general goal (nearness to God), continuous goals (piety and religiosity) and partial goals (necessity, value, purity and balance) were formulated. The findings showed that the Qur’anic goal setting model has similarities and differences with the SMART model. The results show that some of the features and principles of SMART goal setting in general and some of the details overlap with the Qur'an goal setting model. But the most important principle in goal setting in the Qur'an is to reach the nearness and pleasure of God; But in the smart model, a person targets only his important and favorite goals.
Machine summary:
To explain further, while there is an overlap between the SMART model and the goal-setting pattern derived from the Quran in generalities and some details, there are also differences between them; for example, while the most important principle in Quranic goal-setting is achieving closeness to and the pleasure of God, in the SMART model, an individual only sets goals for their own important and preferred objectives.
There are various expressions for the purpose of creation in the Holy Quran, which can refer to the primary and final goal, or in some terms, a preliminary goal and a main goal; such as: _ Good deeds: (Al-Mulk/ 2); _ Knowledge and awareness of God's power: (At-Talaq/ 12); _ Divine mercy: (Hud/ 119); _ Servitude and worship: (Adh-Dhariyat/ 56); _ Divine grace and mercy: (Al-Ahzab/ 72).
Our goal-setting begins with instinctive activities from the start of life and continues until the moment of death, and based on the aforementioned verses, goal-setting means choosing goals with the destination of the world or the hereafter, having the will and striving to achieve them, and receiving divine bestowal and aid in line with those goals, which ultimately leads to attaining preferential degrees in this world and the hereafter.
Sincerity in goal-setting: The Holy Quran, in a strategic command to the Messenger of God (PBUH), mentions the sincere performance of deeds as an important indicator: (Al-An'am/ 162).
The most important goal of human creation has been to attain divine proximity through worship and the knowledge of Almighty God, and the most fundamental principle of Quranic goal-setting is the choice and preference of the hereafter over this world.
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