The Role of Self-acknowledgment in the Islamic Lifestyle according to Intellect and Religion

Different cultures introduce different ways for the man’s life, each brought from their various view to the world and the people. Assesing each of these lifestyles needs accurate and deep analysis of their fundamentals. Self-acknowlegment is considered to be one of those most important fundamentals. The important question here is the impact of selfacknowlegment on the lifestyle and its mechanism. Thus, using analyticaldescriptive method and by expressing the man’s identity and truth, and his position in the world and the close relations of the inner layers of the man, the impact of self-acknowledgment on the Islamic lifestyle and the impact of lifestyle on the man’s perfection is studied in this article and this impact has been explained and analyzed accoding to the intellect and religion. According to the religious teachings, a believer’s faith is revealed in his acts whose result is the God-believing, hereafter-believing, great and comprehensive lifestyle; moreover, the smallest action of a man also has its effect in his soul perfection. According to intellectual reason, also, the perfecting move of the man starts in this material world and by substantial motion, the man’s soul (Nafs) achievs the highest stages of perfection in soul and spirituality.