What Islam Offers to Modern Self Help: An Islamic Paradigm of Psychology

The human being is body, mind, heart, and spirit. Often times, the self-help industry ignores this truism which brings about hidden, often unintentional misguidance that can lead to spiritual crisis, or worse, distance from our connection with God.

In this thought-provoking article, Dr. Abdallah Rothman shares powerful points including:

• The forgotten rich tradition of 'ilm an nafs' (knowledge of the soul) inherent in Islam.
• What does it mean to change oneself and how does one do this?
• An Islamic perspective of the self as an integrated human being
• Fitrah: The soul’s true identity
• The structure of the soul (along with a visual infographic of the soul)
• Understanding self-development as the development of the soul

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