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- An Islam-based psychology argues that human beings are defined by a journey (an elevating and transcendental journey) toward perfection and elevation, and in that pursuit would embrace Marefat (a term beyond knowledge and wisdom and intelligence with two characteristics: tranquility and imperturbability)—and the more they attain Marefat, the more they experience their true heavenly truth.
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This chapter will outline and discuss the first two components, namely a.) a proposed definition for Islamic Psychology and the methodology used to come up with that definition and b.) a conceptual framework to ground the discipline and unite scholarship.
Jan 9, 2021 · Islamic psychology is one of the religion-based perspectives which acknowledges it. This perspective has also attracted the attention of Western psychologists. Three different trends have been identified in this area: the Islamic filter approach, the comparison approach, and the Islamic psychology approach.
- Naved Iqbal, Rasjid Skinner
- 2021
There is a view that psychology should be regarded as a natural science (in the Western definition) concerned with objectively verifiable human behaviour—and, as such, is compatible with Islam and open to use by Muslims. This is essentially part of Badri’s position (Badri 1979).
Islamic Psychology or ilm an-nafs (science of the soul) is an important introductory textbook drawing on the latest evidence in the sub-disciplines of psychology to provide a balanced and comprehensive view of human nature, behaviour and experience.
Jan 1, 2020 · As part of contemporary revival movements in Islam, the term “Islamic psychology” is being utilized to refer to the study of the self within traditional Islamic cosmology. This has been referred to in many circles as the “Islamization of knowledge” (Badri 2000).
- abagasra@kennesaw.edu
At first, the structure of per-sonality has been discussed through an Islamic framework; then, within a trait approach to personality, positive character traits such as kindness, humble-ness, and justice and negative character traits such as arrogance and hypocrisy have been noticed based on Qurʾanic sources.
An Islam-based psychology offers a turning point as it broadens the scope of both epistemology and ontology beyond the mainstream psychology. It also offers a new definition of humanity and claims that the nature of being a human is way beyond what our psychological schools of thought have suggested so far.
