The Role of Prayer Based on the Quran and Narrations in Promoting Physical and Psychological Health; with an Emphasis on the Covid - 19 Crisis

Covid - 19 pandemic is a prevalent crisis in the world, which has engaged the countries’ health care system. The psychological effects of this pandemic it is not less than physiological effects if it is not more. Praying is one of the religious behaviours, whose positive effects are confirmed through the psycho logical, biological and physical pathways. The goal of this review study was to present a definition of prayer, introduce the types and patterns of prayer and explain its effects with a focus on the covid - 19 critical conditions .

Methods :

This study involved content analysis. For this purpose, the root of "Daw" (prayed) in the verses of the Quran and the narrations of Ahl ul - Bayt was studied through software, and 182 verses with the root of "Daw" and the defining components of prayer were e xtracted from these verses. The prayers of Alaviyyah, Sajjadiyyah, Fatimiyyah and the supplications of Mufatih al - Janan were also examined. The authors of the article did not report any conflict of interests .

Based on the selected Quranic verses and narrations, the definition of prayer, the classification of different types of prayer, the effects of prayer on physical and mental health, as well as the role of prayer in crises and calamities of life such as the spread of diseases, were extracted. T he results showed that prayer is one of the most important and effective strategies in facing various crises in life, and it has various types, including chanting to God, questioning prayers, educational prayers, supplication prayers, and spiritual prayers . Certain conditions, positions and places have been recommended for praying and praying at certain times has a greater effect and are more likely to be answered. Furthermore, the state of one’s faith and spiritual state of the supplicant is also effective in its being answered .

The findings showed that prayer is one of the effective strategies when exposed to crises and threat conditions in life. In designing health interventions, its full capacity should be used. Government in policies, especi ally in Islamic countries, should use complementary strategies such as prayer for disease prevention, control and treatment . Please cite this article as: Fayyaz F , Okhovvat A R , Jafari M, Aliakbarz