From Majesty and Beauty to Absolution and Transformation: A Civilizational Algorithm Theory Analysis of the Thirteenth Section of Jawshan al-Kabir

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Authors: SeyyedAbdolHojjat MoghadasNian, SeyyedMohammadAlix SeyyedMohammadAliMoghadasNian
Cited by: 5
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Abstract

This article reconstructs the thirteenth section of Jawshan al-Kabir as a bounded, sequence-sensitive sacred semantic architecture within Civilizational Algorithm Theory (CAT). Rather than treating the section as a flat devotional inventory of divine epithets, the study argues that it encodes an ordered progression from majestic framing and beautiful accessibility to entrusted agency, assurance, guidance, receptivity, reconfiguration, benefactive bestowal, reprieve, and transformative closure. Methodologically, the article adopts a design-science and text-bounded approach in which the independent vocative functions as the primary unit of analysis, while adjacency, pairing, clustering, and macro-sequence are treated as evidence-bearing textual features. The study integrates textual, semantic, intertextual, hermeneutical, theological, systems-philosophical, governance-oriented, scenario-based, and ethical layers to show how sacred semantics may be translated into downstream conceptual and operational nodes without collapsing the text into reductive managerial metaphor. The findings show that the section contains a coherent internal arc: dignity-framing, relational softening, fiduciary support, continuity assurance, route-setting guidance, bounded receptivity, adaptive redesign, value delivery, restorative reprieve, and lawful transformation. The article concludes that the thirteenth section offers CAT a disciplined bridge from sacred invocation to ontology structuring and bounded theology-to-governance translation, while also requiring explicit claim boundaries, ethical guardrails, and controlled formalization.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Education and Islamic Studies Islamic Thought and Society Studies Islamic Studies and History

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Publisher
NPG Publishing
Publication date
25 April 2026
Document type
Preprint