The Role of Religious Spirituality in Giving Meaning to Human Life

One of the issues that has always occupied the human mind is the meaning of life. This issue is more important in today's world because today, despite the vast advances in science and technology, the dust of despair and sense of meaninglessness is sitting on the mirror of people's thoughts, and anxiety and worry mixed with a painful sense of fear, doubt, and absurdity have spread their shadow everywhere. For this reason, different viewpoints have sought an answer for the meaningfulness of life, one of which is the religious viewpoint. In the religious texts, there is a wave of purposefulness of creation, a believer has a spiritual life, and his life is growing and getting closer to God. Therefore, the spirituality arising from religion in general and the religion of Islam in particular, has foundations, components, and a structure that has a significant effect on giving meaning to human life. Hence, the current research, by examining the role of religious spirituality, has sought to answer this question: what role does religious spirituality play in giving meaning to human life? The research followed the descriptive analytical approach and data collection was done using library resources. After examining the foundations and characteristics of religious spirituality, its capabilities and success rate in giving meaning to life were examined. The findings of the research indicated that religious spirituality, with its foundations such as the originality of the soul, the originality of nature, the originality of the unseen world, and the originality of the Sharia, draws meaning from life for humans, which, while having a variety of individual and social functions, has features such as simplicity and clarity, adaptability and responsiveness to inner tendencies, and creating vitality and real lasting hope.