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Every Illness Has A Cure: The Islamic Perspective

by Mawlana Sikander Khan Pathan
Praise be to Allah, Knower of all ailments and their hidden cures. May peace and salutations be upon His first prophet Adam, His final prophet Muhammad and all the prophets that came in between Amen! (Amen!).
Muslims like so many others believe in a creator. We believe that we were sent [...]

Islamic Psychology

Allâh, the Exalted said,
“Say to the believing men that they should lower their sight and guard their private parts; that will make for greater purity for them. Indeed Allâh is well acquainted with all that they do.” [an-Nûr (24):30]
So Allâh made purification and spiritual growth to be the outcome of lowering the sight and guarding [...]

Islamic values and Ethics in Prevention and Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Basheer Ahmed
U.S.A.
God says about Quran ..It (Quran) is a guide and a healing to those who believe” (S.41: V. 44). Religion plays a significant role in satisfying our physical as well as spiritual needs: Islam teaches us a code of behavior and gives us a meaning for our existence. Unfortunately, in today’s western society the [...]

Towards an Islamic Perspective of Developmental Psychology

By Salisu Shehu
This article seeks to advance an Islamic understanding of the process of human development. It begins with a critique of the Western secular worldview, which relies exclusively on empiricism and reductionism. It also brings out the exclusion of the spiritual dimension and the privileging of materialism in secular developmental psychology. The paper [...]

Spiritual Healing in the Islamic Tradition

Shaykh Hisham Muhammad Kabbani, MD
Renewed interest in spiritual healing methods will only help to further the state of modern medicine as we benefit from the experiences and knowledge of our predecessors in this noble field of healing. Unfortunately, this topic has too often been ignored and dismissed by many contemporary physicians although these remedies [...]

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