human freedom from the viewpoint of the quran

the present article studies the quran's view on free will and freedom. some related issues discussed here are: (1) human freedom is the basis of the creation; (2) respecting human freedom is the basis of the prophet's invitation of the people to islam; (3) political freedom is the foundation of forming political societies, and so on. with reference to the quranic verses and moslem scholars' views it is concluded that human spiritual dependencies limit his/her freedom, but man has accepted the divine responsibility on his own free will, becomes meaningful only in relation to freedom.