Examination of Human Psychological Needs according to Islamic Teachings

Abstract

Every day, mental illnesses bring about significant economic, social, and personal loss. It is for this reason that investigation of human psychological needs is essential. Failure to meet these needs may result in mental disorder. Keeping the psyche healthy and securing peace of mind are some of the main concerns of monotheistic religions, especially Islam. The psychological needs of human beings addressed in the teachings of Islam are examined in the present study. According to Islamic teachings, the most important mental needs of humans include safety, love, self-esteem, knowledge, beauty, self-actualisation, and prayer.Quranic teachings maintain that fulfilment of psychological needs not only prevents mental disorders, but also acts as a prelude to worshiping God since humans attain sustainable peace through worship.

Rational Brain Transmutation Into Intuitive Brain Based on Neuroscience in Islamic Education

“…Even though Prophet Moses has reached the rank of prophethood but he followed the Prophet Khidr whereabout personified picturesque relation as teacher and student. This event demonstrated the invisible capability (intuitive brain or kashf) and visible capability (rational brain) in order to gain knowledge [2], [4]. Although the history talking about prophetic characteristics, but this is also inspired Islamic education in the optimalization process of the intuitive brain in this paper.…”

استكشاف العلاقة بين التمكين النفسي والأداء المستدام في شركات السياحة المصرية

“…Literature has proven that employees who consider their work meaningful contribute significantly to several organizational outcomes (Geldenhuys et al, 2014;Kettenbohrer et al, 2015). In line with this, Asiwe et al, 2017 assured that meaningful work facilitates work engagement for employees; otherwise, organizations will suffer from poor performance, which ultimately results in substantial economic and social losses (Haftador and Koohsari, 2015). Consequently, some managers consider it critical for achieving success to establish a work environment in which employees can find their roles at work meaningful (Cullen et al, 2014).…”