Developing a Conceptual Model of Spiritual Health Based on Related Islamic Texts: A Qualitative Study

One of the most important aspects of human health is spiritual health, which has a great impact on other dimensions. Due to the need to provide a comprehensive definition of spiritual health and determine its components in accordance with the culture and religion of Iranian society, the present study was conducted with the aim of developing a conceptual model of spiritual health based on Islamic texts.

The research method was qualitative and information gathering, based on the study and qualitative content analysis of related Islamic texts. The study area was specialized Islamic texts and sampling method was purposeful. The tool of data collection was advanced search in scientific and specialized databases, and the method of data analysis was qualitative content analysis with inductive categorization system.

The components of spiritual health were classified into three main categories: Theology, Cognition of guide and Eschatology. The theology components included the 6 concepts: monotheistic attitude, certainty, sincerity, detachment, trust in God, and remembrance of God. Components of cognition of guide included the two main categories: matching manner with the Holy Qur'an (theoretical model), and matching manner with the prophets and the fourteen infallibles (practical model). The first category includes the two concepts of familiarity with the Qur'an and practice of the Qur'an and the second category includes 21 concepts: submission and satisfaction, patience, fulfillment of obligations, abandonment of prohibitions, thanksgiving, contentment, material pleasure, spiritual pleasure, truthfulness, trustworthiness, good-temperedness, generosity, manliness, assistance, forgiveness, justice, courage, Jealousy, forbearance, modesty and halal Livelihood. The last component of spiritual health is eschatology, which includes the three concepts: resurrection-believing, remembrance of death and asceticism. Ethical Considerations: In selecting, reporting findings and citing texts, fidelity has been observed.

In the present study, with a comprehensive view of a perfect human being with the monotheistic identity mentioned in Islamic texts, the components of spiritual health are extracted and its conceptual model is designed, which is in line with previous studies in this field.