The Factors Affecting on Human Will and its Strengthening in Order to Perform Righteous Acts from the Viewpoint of the Quran

The human will is the last part of the adequate cause for issuing a volitional action from him, and it can be strengthened in two positive or negative ethical directions. The orientation of the will and issuing a good or bad action from a person depends on the factors that affect the will. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this paper analyzes the factors affecting on human will and strengthening it in order to perform righteous acts from the viewpoint of the Quran. The findings show that, from the point of view of the Quran, several factors strengthen the will of the human being to perform good deeds, which, the most important ones are, knowing the obvious proof, the desire for happiness, affection and love of God, warning and paying attention to the consequences of the actions, being patience in misfortunes, being influenced by those, who have a strong will. In the following, the related verses to the aforementioned factors have been analyzed and reviewed and then their implications are discussed.