Explorate of the Structures of Moral Personality in Islamic Texts; A qualitative study

Moral personality is one of the important and influential structures in the formation of personality according to Islam. Although ethics has been discussed in psychology from the perspective of growth or moral judgment, less attention has been paid to moral personality. The present study, while comparing moral personality from the perspectives of Islam and psychology, has explored the structures of moral personality in Islamic texts. The method of qualitative research with the analysis of themes was used. By searching for human moral characteristics in related verses and hadiths, basic, organizing, and comprehensive themes were discovered from Islamic texts. Findings showed that the comprehensive theme of moral personality includes four organizing themes of certainty, patience, justice, and jihad, and each of these organizing themes includes four basic themes. The theme of certainty includes accepting reality, trust, surrender, and submission. The theme of patience includes forbearance, asceticism, caution, accuracy, and care. The theme of justice includes impartiality, moderation, honesty, and loyalty, and the theme of jihad includes confronting lusts, controlling anger, courage, and striving in the divine path. The results of the present study can be effective for constructing a moral personality questionnaire and measuring it and providing a program to promote moral qualities in human personality.