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Psychology in the medieval Islamic world. A medical work by Ibn al-Nafis, who corrected some of the erroneous theories of Galen and Avicenna on the anatomy of the brain [citation needed]. Islamic psychology or ʿilm al-nafs [1] ( Arabic: علم النفس), the science of the nafs ("self" or "psyche"), [2] is the medical and philosophical study ...
Islam and mental health. Despite a rich history of mental health advancements in the Islamic world, particularly during its Renaissance from the eighth to the thirteenth century, [1] there is a dearth of mental health utilization among Muslims, particularly in the West. [2] As the fastest growing religion in the United States, [3] and the ...
In Sufi psychology the heart refers to the spiritual heart or qalb, not the physical organ. It is this spiritual heart that contains the deeper intelligence and wisdom. It holds the Divine spark or spirit and is the place of gnosis and deep spiritual knowledge. In Sufism, the goal is to develop a heart that is sincere, loving and compassionate ...
Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi ( Persian: ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی) was a Persian Muslim polymath: a geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist and scientist. Born in 850 CE in Shamistiyan, in the province of Balkh, Greater Khorasan, he was a disciple of al-Kindi. He also founded the "Balkhī school" of terrestrial ...
Malik Babikr Badri Mohammed ( Arabic: مالك بابكر بدري محمد) (16 February 1932 [1] – 8 February 2021 [2]) was a Sudanese author and professor of psychology. He was the founder of the modern Islamic Psychology and published such influential books as The Dilemma of Muslim Psychologists and many others. [3] He was sometimes ...
Further information: Psychology in the medieval Islamic world. Ibn Sirin (654–728), author of work on dreams and dream interpretation [6] Al-Kindi (801–873) (Alkindus), pioneer of psychotherapy and music therapy [7] Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (9th century), pioneer of psychiatry, clinical psychiatry and clinical psychology [8] Ahmed ibn ...
Islamic philosophy refers to philosophy produced in an Islamic society. As it is not necessarily concerned with religious issues, nor exclusively produced by Muslims, [3] many scholars prefer the term "Arabic philosophy." [4] Islamic philosophy is a generic term that can be defined and used in different ways.
Nafs ( نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". [2] [3] The term is cognate with the Hebrew word nephesh, נֶפֶשׁ. In the Quran, the word nafs is used in both the individualistic (verse 2:48) and collective sense (verse 4:1), indicating that ...