Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists

@article{Haque2004PsychologyFI,
  title={Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists},
  author={Amber Haque},
  journal={Journal of Religion and Health},
  year={2004},
  volume={43},
  pages={357-377}
}
  • A. Haque
  • Published 1 December 2004
  • Psychology
  • Journal of Religion and Health
Early Muslims wrote extensively about human nature and called it Ilm-al Nafsiat or self-knowledge. In many cases, their works seem to be the original ideas for many modern day psychological theories and practices. What is interesting however is that a lot of what the early scholars wrote was blended with Islamic philosophy and religious ideas. This paper covers major contributions of prominent early Muslim scholars to psychology and outlines the challenges faced by today's Muslims in adapting… 
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