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- Muslim scholars have used various terms to describe the concept of Islamic psychology and psychotherapy, including Tib al-nufus, c Ilaj al-nafs, al-Tib al-ruhaniy, Tahdhib al-nufus, Tathir al-nufus, Tazkiyyat al-nafs, Tasfiyat al-nufus, Mudawat al-nufus, etc. Islamic psychology or ʿilm al-nafs or the science of the Nafs (soul or self) is the philosophical study of the soul from an Islamic perspective.
It conceptualizes the human being with a focus on the heart as the center of the person more so than the mind and is grounded in the teachings of the Qur’an, Prophetic teachings, and the knowledge of the soul from the Islamic tradition.
Jan 10, 2020 · Defining Islamic Psychology. The International Association of Islamic Psychology defines Islamic Psychology as the Psychology that is based on an Islamic paradigm. Paradigm, from the Greek, being understood as an underlying foundational motif.
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.
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.
He goes on to describe how Islam can be viewed as a system for psychological wellbeing or a ‘science of the soul’ and how he operates from within an Islamic theoretical orientation to...
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.
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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.
