A Study and Analysis of Strategies to Promote Mental Health (for Mental Security Stability) in the Holy Quran

Abstract

Health is a state of wellbeing or lack of sickness, and is in fact a human privilege, because illness and disability creates obstacles on the path of doing certain things. The concept of health has great importance in Islamic practices. The present study seeks Quranic solutions that ensure mental health and security. Also, this is a theoretical research done by a descriptive-analytical method and an interdisciplinary research for the development of humanities. In general, the Holy Quran divides human health into two categories: physical and mental. It introduces four general strategies in order to promote mental health: “1. Insight strategies: Strong faith, submission to God, resurrection, understanding God's sustenance, etc. 2. Temperament strategies: familiarity with the Quran, prayer, supplication, gratitude, etc. 3. Motivational strategies: hope, purposefulness, confidence, positive thinking, etc. 4. Action strategies: benevolence, charity, forgiveness, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, etc. As a result, the Holy Quran introduces these strategies to ensure mental security and mental health, which are directly related to one another.