Ma`rifat

Progress and perfectionism are inherent characteristics of the human kind, and a universal ideal. However, goals and destinations that people regard as being blissful, desirable, or progressive are different. Accordingly, Western development from the Islamic perspective cannot be included in the concept of progress. Because from an Islamic point of view, worldly desires as the ultimate goal of human endeavors not only do not provide human excellence and prosperity, on the contrary, it is the root of human decline. Therefore, what defines the nature of the process of progress is the system of goals and ends that each society seeks to achieve. The goals determine both the nature of a transcendental movement and the ways and strategies for achieving the desired perfection. Given the central importance of strategies in the discourse of progress and the lack of significant impact in this regard, the present paper, inspired by the conceptual and semantic analysis, describes some of the most important strategies for achieving progress and reveals the semantic link between them. The findings showed that rationality, social order, justice, freedom, and socialization are some of the most important strategies for progress that, although Islamic, have many implications, they have an identical relationship in the example.