Examining the Role of Satisfying Spouses' Spiritual Needs in Enhancing Quality of Life: A Quran-Based Spiritual Health Approach
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025),
11 Aban 2025
,
Page 93-111
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v11i2.47244
Abstract
Background and Objective: The Quran-based spiritual health is a new approach in the studies of spiritual health, which has been manifested in the form of Quranic concepts such as cultivation, good life, piety and peace, and its scope includes the worlds of the unseen and the intuitive as well. One of the areas affected by this approach is the family and spiritual needs of couples, which has a positive effect on improving their quality of life. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of satisfying spiritual needs of spouses in improving their quality of life from the perspective of this approach.
Methods: The present research method is a combination of review and analytical research, the information of which was collected using library sources and through manual and electronic receipt taking. First, by reviewing domestic studies in this field, factors affecting the spiritual needs of spouses were extracted and categorized, and in the next step, Quranic evidence and indicators related to each of the factors were presented and analyzed based on the Quran-based spiritual health approach. The authors of the article reported no conflicts of interest.
Results: The findings resulted in a tripartite categorization of the factors influencing the fulfillment of spouses' spiritual needs: beliefs, ethics and values, and social culture and relations. Belief-related factors, by influencing the human cognitive system in four dimensions -self, existence, origin, and purpose- ethical and value-based factors, focusing on reducing moral deficiencies, strengthening spiritual support for spouses, and reforming gender-based concepts, and social factors, emphasizing comprehensive spiritual education, enhancing social status, regulating intra-family emotions, and strengthening prayer-centered spiritual connection, all play a positive role in meeting the spiritual needs of spouses.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study underscore the significance of addressing the spiritual needs of couples and its substantial impact on improving their quality of life. The study demonstrates that paying attention to these needs, guided by the teachings of the Quran, can contribute to the realization of a meaningful life.
- Quran-based spiritual health
- Quality of life
- Spirituality
- Spiritual health
- Spiritual needs of spouses
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