Ways to Achieve Spiritual Health from the Perspective of Islamic Sources
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2025),
11 November 2025
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Page 87-99
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v11i3.47223
Abstract
Background and Objective: One of the main questions in the field of spiritual health is how to increase the spiritual health of people in the society. From the point of view of Islam, religious science is the guardian of spiritual health. The collection of verses and traditions that exist in this field allows us to consider religious and mystical teachings as spiritual health education and to extract ways of improving spiritual health from Islamic texts and sources. The current research was conducted with the aim of finding ways to achieve spiritual health from the perspective of Islamic sources.
Methods: This research was done using an analytical-descriptive method and for collecting data, the Quran, Nahj al-Balagha, authentic hadith sources, interpretations of the Quran and some religious and mystical books and related researches on databases such as SID, Magiran, and Noormagz were used. The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
Results: In the verses of the Quran, the people of heaven, that is, the people who enjoy spiritual health, are described above all with two general characteristics: "faith" and "righteous deeds". By considering the verses and hadiths, we can come to the conclusion that faith is the cognitive dimension of spiritual health and righteous action is its behavioral dimension. According to traditions, true faith consists of four pillars: trust, delegation, satisfaction and submission. Righteous action is also a general concept and equal to good work, which includes any good and useful work in any field.
Conclusion: In Islamic teachings, spiritual health has been given such high importance that it can be stated that the ultimate goal of all Islamic teachings is spiritual health. In fact, the reason why Islamic sources emphasize faith and righteous deeds is because these two contribute to the health of the heart, or in other words, the spiritual health of the individual. As a result, these teachings can be used to increase the spiritual health of individuals in society.
- Islam
- Spiritual health
- Spirituality
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