Ma`rifat

Given the historical importance of education, Islamic sources, including the Quran, narrations and the works of scholars, have had extensive discussions on this vital matter, offering numerous recommendations to educators regarding social education. However, as 'social education' itself is rather a new term, the available data in the written Islamic heritage have not been stated using this term. Therefore, using the descriptive-analytical method, this article attempts to utilize the capacities in Letter 31 of Nahj al-Balagha—which narrates Islam's perspective on social education through the words of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (AS)—to express the dimensions of social education and point out its Quranic evidence. The findings indicate that in Letter 31 of Nahj al-Balagha, issues pertaining to the social education of children are explained across five dimensions: social cognition, social responsibility, social justice, benevolence and construction, and the regulation of social relations and rules.