Ratio-Philosophical Analysis of the Relationship between the Rule of Law and the Progress of Society

One of the important fields in which philosophy can play a useful and effective role is sociology. With this objective and with logico-philosophical analysis and attesting to some Qur'anic verses, the present article is intended to answer the question: "What relationship is there between the progress of a society and the people's observance of the rule of law in that society?" In this regard, first we will analyze and explain the permeation of ratio-creational laws in the entire universe and after that we will prove that in the society – regardless of whether we consider "society" as having a real or a nominal existence – the ratio-creational laws prevail. Proposing the issue of prevalence of the creational laws in the society is logically contingent upon the examination of the different views and the refutations and confirmations presented about the type of composition of the society and its existence as being nominal or real, which is a part of the present article. The main claim of the current research is that: firstly, one of the ratio-creational laws governing the society is: "The formation and continuation of the society without contractual laws is rationally impossible". Secondly, and based on this very ratio-creational law, one can discover another ratio-creational law that governs the society. This law is: "The progress of a society without observing the rule of law by the people of that society is rationally impossible." This article is intended to prove these two propositions with a descriptive-analytical method and the collection of library contents.