LEADERS-FOLLOWERS RELATIONSHIP IN NATION BUILDING: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF QUR’ĀN CHAPTER 49: VERSES 1-8
Nation Building involves the constant lubrication of the leaders and followers’ relationship for a flourished human society. The Qur’ān as the manual for human existence, consists of sets of laws for peaceful co-existence between leaders and followers to avoid acrimony and chaos and should not be...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Religions' educator
Year: 2022, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-248 |
| Further subjects: | B
Leaders
B Nation Building B Relationship B Followers |
| Summary: | Nation Building involves the constant lubrication of the leaders and followers’ relationship for a flourished human society. The Qur’ān as the manual for human existence, consists of sets of laws for peaceful co-existence between leaders and followers to avoid acrimony and chaos and should not be handled with kid glove, especially in a heterogeneous society likeNigeria. This paper examinedthe concept of leadership, types, characteristics and components of leadership, the followership models, as well as the synergy between both. The exegesis of Qur’ān Chapter 48 vs. 1-8 was clinically analysed in the light of leadership-followership relationship, with deducible lessons on respect and honour for the office of constituted authorityand proper investigation of information for accuracy before dissemination, especially in this social media era. The paper observedthat friction in leaders-follower relation hampers nation’s building. The work adoptedqualitative research approach with consultation to relevant materials and the media reports. The work also interrogatedleadership and followership in the contemporary Nigerian context to ascertain relativeness and compliance to the divine enshrined directive, with instances of non-compliance cited on the both the followers and leaders, especially in the religious and political circle. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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