Document Type : Research Paper

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The present study aims at extracting the principle of interpersonal relations based on moral-social teachings of the Holy Qur'ān, Chapter Hujarāt. In this applied and descriptive research, the data are collected based on library sources. The results of the research include: (a) principles of interpersonal communication such as paying attention to the status of the audience (social hierarchy), observance of respect and politeness, religious brotherhood (a concept beyond empathy), integrated view and message analysis, (b) rituals of interpersonal relations such as attention to the effect of tone of voice, eye contact, ways of listening and the setting of dialogues; (c) barriers to communication such as mind reading, mocking, fault-finding, backbiting, paranoia, surveillance and labeling. According to these findings, a model content model about interpersonal communication is presented.

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