Ma`rifat

Abstract Moral value belongs to a behavior that leads man to the ultimate perfection and has an effect on his/her eternal happiness. This, in Islam, depends on believing in God and the Day of Resurrection. What is definitely inferred from the Qur’anic verses and narrations is that action will be futile in the hereafter if it is performed without faith; "«وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَي مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاءً مَّنثوراً»" (Furqan: 23). Therefore, before obtaining moral values, we must have faith. Is faith considered as a moral value too? The question raised here is how can the actions of a person who has not yet believed in Islam have moral value when obtaining faith cannot be considered as having faith. On the other hand, moral value is a human voluntary act. Therefore, if having faith is not an optional act for someone, his/her action is not morally valuable.