Explaining the Natural Attributes of Human Psyche from the View of Quran

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explain the natural attributes of human psyche from the view of Quran. The main question is that: which things does Quran introduce as the natural attributes of human psyche? Using the theme analysis, this research extracted the related concepts, sub-categories, and categories from the view of Quran. According to the findings, humans cannot be considered bad in general, and their limitations cannot also be ignored. Humans consist of three pairs of categories: "innate godliness-Shah", "having the best possible psyche-cognitive, emotional, and behavioral instability", and "talent for perfection-abuse of wisdom", which the followings are, respectively, the explainers of the relationship among these privilege-restriction pairs of categories: "two-sided perfectionism", "self-preservation", and "wisdom and the authority derived from it". Since "cognitive, emotional, and behavioral instability" has the most frequency among other categories, this human limitation needs to be paid a special attention.

Keywords

• islamic psychology
• quran-based psychology
• quranic anthropology
• theme analysis