Investigating the barriers to the effect of the moral teachings of the Holy Quran and Nahj al-Balagha on the mental health of the Islamic society

Subject Areas : Quarterly Sabzevaran Fadak

Mehdi Khosrou Nezhad ¹ , hamed ftlhalyani ^{2 *} , Seyed Hamid Hosseini ³

1 - International Islamic Azad University Hamadan
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran

Received: 2024-01-28 Accepted : 2024-10-13 Published : 2025-06-22

Keywords: Islamic society, moral teachings, mental health, Holy Quran, Nahj al-Balagha,

Abstract :

Religion and religious teachings, especially the Quran, play an important role in the mental health of the individual and the society and can guarantee the health of the individual and prevent the individual and the society from pressures and mental-psychological injuries. The spiritual health of the society is the concept of a healthy relationship between man and the world of meaning and his movement in the path of nearness to God with the tools of monotheism and monotheism, strategy and servitude to God, which is one of the best and most reliable tools to achieve this purpose, the Holy Quran and Nahj al-Balagha. The comprehensive systematization of Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) in the book of Nahj al-Balaghah centered on the book of God and the Sunnah of the Messenger of God (pbuh), their spiritual foundation and social systematization is no exception to this rule. This research aims to answer the main question of the research "What are the obstacles to the effect of the moral teachings of the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balagha on the mental health of the Islamic society?" With a descriptive analytical method and referring to two valuable sources that influence this effect, moral teachings on the mental health of the Islamic society are discussed.