Healing from within: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur as a framework for Islamic mental and spiritual health (Ṣiḥḥah nafsiyyah)

Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus and Madappally, Muhammad Jasim (2026) Healing from within: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur as a framework for Islamic mental and spiritual health (Ṣiḥḥah nafsiyyah). Islamic Insight, 9 (1). pp. 11-34. ISSN 2581-3269

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Abstract

d a lack of inner peace. This qualitative study explores Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur to examine his conceptual contributions to Islamic mental and spiritual health (Ṣiḥḥahnafsiyyah). Utilizing an analytical and critical approach toselected treatises, the study evaluates Nursi's practical, Qur'an-based guidance on the heart (qalb), the inner self (nafs), and cognitive transformation (nazar). Findings indicate that Nursi identifies heedlessness (ghaflah) as the root of psychological suffering and offers structured remedies for intrusive thoughts (waswasah). The study concludes that the Risale-i Nur provides a comprehensive therapeutic framework in which spiritual disciplines such as remembrance (dhikr), repentance (tawbah), patience (Ṣabr), and trust (tawakkul) serveas vital pathways toward psychological resilience, spiritual stability, and sustainable inner peace in the modern world

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Risale-i Nur, ṢiḥḥahNafsiyyah, Waswasah, Islamic Psychology, Mental Health,Nurs
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine > RZ400 Mental healing
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Qur’an and Sunnah Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr Raudlotul Firdaus Fatah Yasin
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2026 08:50
Last Update:	14 Sep 2026 08:50
Queue Number:	2026-09-Q5052
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/131184
Indexed In:	Google Scholar

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