Welfare of the Physically-Disabled Individuals in Quran Verses

The welfare of physically-disabled individuals has been paid attention to by God and pointed out in Quran verses. Quranic instructions have come up with some principles to provide suitable situation for their welfare. To reach this, others' duties like their family members and governmental organizations can be inferred in Quran verses; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the welfare for physically-disabled individuals from the perspective of Quran. In this review with the conceptual analysis and document analysis type, the verses concerning the welfare of physically-disabled individuals were first extracted; then, verses were categorized according to the objectives of the study, and the influence of Quran verses on the welfare of physically-disabled individuals was analyzed.

Quranic verses paid close attention to physically-disabled individuals' social, materialistic, physical, mental, and spiritual welfare. Considering disability as a divine test leads to mental welfare of the physically-disabled individuals, and elimination of the need for Jihad leads to their physical welfare. Also, the presence of the physically-disabled individuals in the society is considered the solution given by God for their social welfare and financial support is a sign of Gods' attention to their materialistic needs. Respecting and honoring the physically-disabled individuals is also a sign of attention given by Quranic verses to their psychological welfare.