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- After providing a working definition of Islamic psychology, this chapter explores its historical and methodological origins, suggesting that its early success was due to Islamic scriptural motivation and inspiration, as well as to some intertwining socio-political factors.
This marked a time of numerous advances and discoveries in the Islamic arts and sciences, during which Islamic scholars came to understand that certain conditions can alter an individual's spiritual and psychological states (those seen as majnoon (mad) being perceived as having imbalances
Apr 18, 2008 · As opposed to the Occasionalist views of the Mutakallimûn, the Muslim theologians, philosophers wished to anchor their knowledge of the world in a stable and predictable physical reality.
This raises the question, what would contemporary psychology look like if it had developed in the Islamic world and whose primary scholars were practicing Muslims as opposed to it having emerged from a Western secular context—would it be called Islamic Psychology?
Jun 26, 2018 · As the name implies, Islamic psychology is based primarily on Islamic theology and worldview. Therefore, this chapter discusses Islamic perspectives of psychology based on the Qur’an and Hadith traditions of Prophet Muhammad.
- Amber Haque
- 2018
Sep 11, 2023 · At the time, psychology was among the fields of knowledge being developed in the Muslim world. The Medieval period of the Islamic world, commonly referred to as the “golden age of Islam,” saw the development and complexity of psychology (Al-Khalili, 2017).
This is an overview of the contributions of theologians, philosophers and physicians to the evolution and development of Islamic psychology through the classical Golden Age and beyond.
