Ethical score profile
This assessment does not reduce the subject to one moral
ranking. Each dimension is scored separately from −100 to
+100 and must be read with its evidence and uncertainty.
Scorecard status:
Recalculated under multidimensional system
- Personal moral conduct
-
-7.3
Plausible range:
-22.3
to
+7.7
- Rights and dignity
-
-49.9
Plausible range:
-64.9
to
-34.9
- Nonviolence and harm
-
-50.0
Plausible range:
-65.0
to
-35.0
- Stewardship of power
-
-70.0
Plausible range:
-85.0
to
-55.0
- Wisdom and truthfulness
-
-20.1
Plausible range:
-35.1
to
-5.1
- Consequential legacy
-
-15.0
Plausible range:
-30.0
to
+0.0
- Severe-harm record
- No separate finding recorded
- Evidence confidence
- C — moderate
Scope of assessment
Scriptural-portrayal assessment. This assessment evaluates Allah—Arabic for God—only as portrayed in the Qur'an. This assessment does not determine whether the deity exists. If such a deity exists, the score concerns the moral character attributed to that being by the assessed texts and doctrine. If no such deity exists, the score concerns the ethical character and likely human consequences of the portrayal. It does not automatically attribute later Muslim conduct to the deity. Positive material includes mercy, charity, forgiveness, justice and protection of vulnerable people. Negative material includes destruction of communities for disbelief or disobedience, warfare and subordination, corporal penalties, unequal gender and inheritance rules, male authority over women, absolute obedience and graphic repeated punishment in hell.
The score evaluates documented public conduct during the stated period. It does not measure inherent human worth, does not constitute a legal verdict and remains open to correction when stronger evidence becomes available.
Reasoned conclusion
The positive teachings on mercy, charity and justice remain significant, but they are outweighed by coercive warfare, destruction of communities, unequal rights, bodily punishment and extreme afterlife torment. The overall portrayal is therefore assessed as ethically negative. This assessment does not determine whether the deity exists. If such a deity exists, the score concerns the moral character attributed to that being by the assessed texts and doctrine. If no such deity exists, the score concerns the ethical character and likely human consequences of the portrayal.
This assessment presents six separate ethical dimensions rather than one overall moral score. Each result must be read with its evidence, plausible range, confidence, disputes, exclusions, severe-harm findings and sources.
Ethical-domain scores
| Domain |
Score |
Intensity |
Confidence |
| Consequences |
+10.0 |
10.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Rights and duties |
-45.0 |
45.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Virtue and character |
-50.0 |
50.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Intentions |
-25.0 |
25.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Care |
-70.0 |
70.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Justice |
-55.0 |
55.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Wisdom and judgment |
-15.0 |
15.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Baseline ethics |
-40.0 |
40.0
|
C — moderate
|
Bipolar ethical variables
| Positive pole |
Negative pole |
Score |
Intensity |
Confidence |
Reasoning |
| Human dignity |
Dehumanisation |
-40.0 |
40.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Human dignity and Dehumanisation. |
| Care |
Neglect |
-70.0 |
70.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Care and Neglect. |
| Benefit |
Harm |
+10.0 |
10.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Benefit and Harm. |
| Benevolent intention |
Malicious intention |
-25.0 |
25.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Benevolent intention and Malicious intention. |
| Justice |
Injustice |
-55.0 |
55.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Justice and Injustice. |
| Respect for rights |
Violation of rights |
-45.0 |
45.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Respect for rights and Violation of rights. |
| Courage |
Cowardice |
-50.0 |
50.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Courage and Cowardice. |
| Wisdom |
Ignorance |
-15.0 |
15.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Wisdom and Ignorance. |
Principal positive evidence
The Qur'anic portrayal repeatedly promotes mercy, charity, justice, forgiveness, care for orphans and restraint against some forms of aggression.
Principal negative evidence
The portrayal also attributes to God the destruction of communities, warfare until political submission, corporal punishment, unequal gender authority and inheritance, religious hierarchy and repeated physical torment in hell.
Evidence considered
WAL-C1
Mercy is prominent but severely conditional
Mercy, charity and forgiveness are repeatedly praised, but destruction, coercion and extreme punishment make the portrayed compassion conditional.
- Ethical axis
-
Benefit ↔ Harm
- Ethical direction
- Positive pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-R1
Gender, inheritance and religious status are unequal
The text assigns unequal authority and inheritance according to sex and permits subordinate political status according to religious identity.
- Ethical axis
-
Respect for rights ↔ Violation of rights
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-V1
Destruction, warfare and bodily punishment
The portrayal includes destruction of communities, warfare, amputation and flogging as divinely authorised responses.
- Ethical axis
-
Courage ↔ Cowardice
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-I1
Absolute revelation limits independent moral challenge
Rules and punishments are treated as finally authoritative because they are attributed to God, even when they conflict with equal-rights and harm-based ethics.
- Ethical axis
-
Benevolent intention ↔ Malicious intention
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-CA1
Repeated bodily torment is radically disproportionate
The portrayal includes repeated renewal of burned skin so that punishment continues, representing extreme and non-reparative suffering.
- Ethical axis
-
Care ↔ Neglect
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-J1
Justice is contradicted by inequality and severe penalties
Commands to act justly coexist with unequal rights, amputation, flogging, collective destruction and extreme afterlife punishment.
- Ethical axis
-
Justice ↔ Injustice
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-W1
Useful moral guidance is embedded in coercive doctrine
Charity, justice and restraint have practical value, but they are combined with hierarchy, corporal punishment and coercive religious authority.
- Ethical axis
-
Wisdom ↔ Ignorance
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
WAL-B1
Claimed mercy conflicts with destruction and torment
Descriptions of divine mercy are materially contradicted by destruction of communities, coercive warfare, unequal treatment and repeated physical torment.
- Ethical axis
-
Human dignity ↔ Dehumanisation
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Qur'anic corpus
- Affected scope
- Hungary and Sweden during the Holocaust
Disputed claims
This assessment evaluates Allah—Arabic for God—only as portrayed in the Qur'an. It does not assess whether God exists and does not assign later Muslim conduct to the deity. The Qur'an repeatedly describes God as merciful, just and protective of the poor, while also authorising warfare in defined contexts, severe corporal penalties, unequal legal roles and intense temporal and afterlife punishment.
Excluded claims
This assessment evaluates Allah—Arabic for God—only as portrayed in the Qur'an. It does not assess whether God exists and does not assign later Muslim conduct to the deity. The Qur'an repeatedly describes God as merciful, just and protective of the poor, while also authorising warfare in defined contexts, severe corporal penalties, unequal legal roles and intense temporal and afterlife punishment.
Sources
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Qur'an 4:56
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 7:72–97
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 9:29
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Surah al-Fatihah
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:56
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 7:72–97
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Surah al-Fatihah
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
-
Qur'an 4:56
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-CA1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 7:72–97
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-CA1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:34
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:56
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 5:38
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:11
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:56
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 5:38
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 5:8
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:11
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:34
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 9:29
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 24:2
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 5:38
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 7:72–97
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 9:29
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 4:34
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 5:8
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Qur'an 9:29
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Surah al-Fatihah
— Quran.com
(Qur'anic text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item WAL-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
Correction history
No corrections have been recorded.
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