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Society 5.0 was triggered in Japan that describes the 5th generation of society trends in world history which is all about creating new services, values and ways of life. The vision of Society 5.0 includes enhancing the relationship between technology and society as well as the technology-based relationship between individuals and society. This review paper uses a critical analysis method to analyse a Risale-I Nur treatise namely the Damascus Sermon to highlight the importance of kindness as a crucial value in this modern day of Society 5.0. Kindness is considered as virtue. It is the integral part of ethics and identify as genuine and deep concern for others, which strongly relates with the theme and vision of Society 5.0 that empowers each other with the help of technology and develop moral intelligence. The main findings of the analysis is about the term “kindness multiplies” which is one of spiritual remedies that was explained by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi in his famous sermon in Damascus, Syria back in 1911. In the sermon, Nursi appointed severe spiritual sickness that spreads among us and made a clear analysis that give benefits in general hence elaborated how kindness multiplies and grows. Despite its intention and size, not one kindness is ever wasted. It multiplies and grows later in time whether one realized it or not. The analysis discover the concept of “kindness multiplies” and further elaborated how the virtue of kindness is that it multiplies towards goodness and enable society to grow towards solidarity which are essential towards peace and harmony in the society hence proposed further analysis of the treatise to discuss the rest of the remedy for modern times.
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