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FOUNDATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Kuunu Ghurron Muhajjalina* Universitas Madani Indonesia.
Blitar.
Indonesia e-mail: immuhajalin94@gmail.
DOI: http://doi.
org/10.
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Received:
December 10, 2025 Revised:
January 19, 2026 Accepted:
January 25, 2026 Published:
February, 2026 *Corresponding author Abstract Mental health has become a critical issue in contemporary life characterized by social, economic, and technological pressures.
This study aims to analyze the concept of mental health from the perspective of QurAoanic values and to examine its contribution to Islamic Religious Education.
This research employs a qualitative library research method using thematic analysis of QurAoanic verses related to inner tranquility, supported by classical and contemporary QurAoanic exegesis.
The findings indicate that QurAoanic principlesAisuch as recitation of the QurAoan, remembrance of God .
, and piety .
Aiplay a significant role in fostering inner peace and reducing anxiety.
The implications of this study highlight the importance of integrating QurAoanic spiritual values into Islamic Religious Education learning processes as a holistic strategy to develop studentsAo mental and spiritual well-being, ultimately shaping a generation that is faithful, emotionally healthy, and morally grounded.
Keywords: Mental Health.
QurAoanic Perspective.
Islamic Religious Education.
Abstrak Kesehatan mental merupakan isu krusial dalam kehidupan kontemporer yang ditandai oleh tekanan sosial, ekonomi, dan perkembangan teknologi yang pesat.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis konsep kesehatan mental dalam perspektif nilai-nilai Al-QurAoan serta mengkaji kontribusinya terhadap Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI).
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi pustaka dengan pendekatan kualitatif melalui analisis tematik terhadap ayat-ayat Al-QurAoan yang berkaitan dengan ketenangan jiwa, yang diperkaya dengan telaah tafsir klasik dan Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa prinsip-prinsip QurAoani, seperti membaca Al-QurAoan, berdzikir, dan ketakwaan, berperan signifikan dalam menumbuhkan ketenangan batin serta mengurangi kecemasan.
Implikasi penelitian Copyright A 2026 The Author.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.
Kuunu Ghurron Muhajjalina ini menegaskan pentingnya integrasi nilai-nilai spiritual QurAoani dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam sebagai strategi pembinaan mental dan spiritual peserta didik secara holistik guna membentuk generasi yang beriman, berkarakter, dan sehat secara Kata Kunci: Kesehatan Mental.
Perspektif Al-QurAoan.
Pendidikan Agama Islam.
INTRODUCTION
Mental health has emerged as a critical global concern in contemporary society, affecting not only individual well-being but also social stability and educational development.
The acceleration of digitalization, globalization, and socio-economic competition has intensified psychological pressures across age According to the World Health Organization .
, mental health disorders have significantly increased worldwide, particularly among adolescents and young Recent empirical studies further demonstrate that excessive social media exposure correlates with anxiety, depression, and decreased subjective well-being (Keles et al.
, 2020.
Rohman & Wibowo, 2.
These findings indicate that mental health is no longer merely a clinical issue but a multidimensional societal challenge requiring integrative approaches that encompass psychological, social, and spiritual Despite growing awareness of mental health, many contemporary interventions remain predominantly biomedical and psychological, often neglecting spiritual and existential dimensions.
This limitation becomes problematic in religious societies where faith and spirituality play central roles in shaping meaning, resilience, and coping mechanisms.
Studies indicate that religiosity and spiritual practices significantly contribute to emotional regulation and psychological resilience (Captari et al.
, 2018.
Garssen et al.
, 2.
However, the absence of a wellformulated conceptual framework rooted in sacred textsAiparticularly the QurAoanAi creates a gap between religious belief systems and structured mental health discourse, especially within Islamic educational settings.
In educational contexts, particularly in Islamic schools and universities, increasing levels of academic stress, emotional instability, and identity confusion among students have become observable phenomena.
Research in Islamic higher education institutions reveals a significant relationship between academic pressure and reduced spiritual well-being (Rohman & Wibowo, 2.
Furthermore, mental health literacy among students in Islamic institutions remains relatively limited, despite the strong presence of religious instruction (Mahfud & Prasetyawati, 2.
This paradoxAiwhere religious education is present but not systematically integrated into mental health developmentAidemonstrates the urgency of INCARE.
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Recent scholarship has explored the relationship between Islamic spirituality and mental health, highlighting the positive effects of religious coping, dhikr, and spiritual intelligence on psychological well-being (Ismail & Salleh, 2023.
Siregar & Lubis, 2.
Other studies emphasize the role of Islamic counseling and character education in strengthening studentsAo resilience (Chow et al.
, 2021.
yNnarolu, 2024.
Devianti & Safitri, 2025.
Suhertina, 2025.
Zahrah et al.
, 2.
Additionally, thematic discussions on mental tranquility in QurAoanic discourse have been conducted (Nurdin & Sari, 2022.
Sulaiman & Huda, 2.
These contributions confirm that Islamic values are relevant to mental health discourse.
However, most previous studies either focus on applied counseling practices or general discussions of religiosity without systematically constructing a conceptual model based directly on thematic QurAoanic analysis integrated with classical and contemporary exegesis.
Few studies synthesize tafsir literature with modern psychological frameworks in a coherent epistemological structure.
Consequently, the theoretical foundations of QurAoanic mental health remain fragmented and insufficiently articulated within the domain of Islamic Religious Education (Eayaz et al.
, 2025.
Omais & Santos, 2.
This gap is significant because without a solid conceptual framework, the integration of spiritual values into education risks becoming normative rather than analytically grounded.
This study offers a novel contribution by developing an integrative thematic analysis .
afsir maudhuAo.
of selected QurAoanic verses related to mental tranquility, synthesizing classical and contemporary interpretations, and reconstructing them into a conceptual framework applicable to Islamic Religious Education.
Unlike prior research that emphasizes practical religious coping, this study positions the QurAoan as the primary epistemological foundation for mental health conceptualization.
bridging QurAoanic exegesis, contemporary Islamic psychology, and educational theory, this research advances a state-of-the-art integrative model that responds to contemporary psychological crises within faith-based educational environments.
Accordingly, this study addresses the following central question: How does the QurAoan conceptualize mental health, and how can its spiritual principles be systematically integrated into Islamic Religious Education? The objectives of this research are .
to analyze thematically selected QurAoanic verses related to inner tranquility through classical and contemporary tafsir, and .
to formulate their educational implications within Islamic Religious Education.
This study argues that QurAoanic spiritual practicesAisuch as recitation, dhikr, and taqwaAiconstitute a holistic framework for mental health development that integrates spiritual.
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By articulating this framework, the research contributes theoretically to QurAoanic studies and Islamic psychology, and practically to the transformation of Islamic Religious Education in addressing contemporary mental health challenges.
RESEARCH METHODS
This study employed a qualitative research design using a library research approach to reconstruct a QurAoan-based conceptual framework of mental health.
qualitative design was selected because the research objective is interpretive and theory-building, focusing on meaning, concepts, and contextualized understanding derived from textual sources rather than measuring variables empirically.
Qualitative inquiry is especially appropriate when the study aims to develop analytic explanations and conceptual models grounded in interpretive traditions (Creswell & Creswell, 2022.
Creswell & Poth, 2.
As a library-based study, the research relied on primary and secondary textual materials, enabling systematic engagement with authoritative sources and interpretative synthesis, which is consistent with methodological guidance for text-based qualitative research within information and social sciences (Connaway & Radford, 2.
The research was conducted from July to December 2025, covering stages of source identification, document selection, thematic mapping, interpretive comparison, and conceptual Data collection was conducted through documentation techniques by identifying, selecting, and organizing QurAoanic verses explicitly relevant to mental tranquility and spiritual well-being.
The QurAoan served as the primary data source, while secondary data were derived from authoritative classical and contemporary QurAoanic exegesis and recent scholarly literature in Islamic psychology and Islamic The selection of secondary sources emphasized scholarly credibility, interpretive authority, and relevance to modern psycho-spiritual discourse.
This documentation-based strategy is widely recognized as a rigorous technique for qualitative studies that analyze written materials and published texts as core datasets (Connaway & Radford, 2021.
Creswell & Poth, 2.
Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis integrated with a thematic .
afsir maudhuAo.
approach to generate patterns of meaning across the selected texts.
The analytic procedure followed iterative reading, coding, and categorization to identify recurring concepts and link them into higher-order Thematic analysis was employed because it is a flexible and wellestablished qualitative analytic method for producing meaning-based patterns .
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Terry & Hayfield, 2.
To enhance analytic structure, qualitative content analysis principles were applied to guide systematic coding, category refinement, and interpretive synthesis, supporting transparency and consistency in the construction of the conceptual framework (Schreier, 2.
The final synthesis stage integrated QurAoanic themes with interpretative insights from tafsir sources to articulate implications for Islamic Religious Education.
To ensure trustworthiness and rigor, this study employed source triangulation by comparing multiple tafsir traditions .
lassical and contemporar.
and crosschecking interpretations with recent scholarly discussions in Islamic psychology and education.
Methodological rigor was strengthened through analytic transparency .
ocumenting coding decisions and theme developmen.
, iterative verification during theme refinement, and confirmability procedures by grounding claims in cross-source convergence.
These strategies align with contemporary qualitative standards emphasizing credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability as core dimensions of trustworthiness (Ahmed, 2024.
Holland.
Although interpretive subjectivity is an inherent limitation of library-based qualitative studies, triangulation and systematic analytic documentation were applied to minimize bias and strengthen the credibility of the conceptual findings.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Conceptualizing Mental Health in Psychological and Islamic Perspectives The concept of mental health has evolved significantly within contemporary Modern discourse no longer defines mental health merely as the absence of mental disorders, but rather as a dynamic state of well-being in which individuals are able to realize their potential, cope effectively with life stressors, function productively, and contribute meaningfully to society (WHO, 2.
Recent empirical studies emphasize that mental health is closely related to emotional regulation, resilience, and a sense of meaning in life (Captari et al.
, 2018.
Garssen et , 2.
Furthermore, the integration of spirituality within psychotherapeutic approaches has been shown to strengthen psychological stability and enhance subjective well-being (Koenig, 2020.
Pargament et al.
, 2.
These developments indicate that contemporary psychology increasingly recognizes spirituality as a significant dimension in constructing a comprehensive understanding of mental From an Islamic perspective, mental health is conceptualized as a holistic balance between physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions.
Contemporary Islamic psychology emphasizes that inner tranquility .
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Rosmalina et al.
, 2.
This conceptualization is rooted historically in classical Islamic scholarship, such as Abu Zayd al-BalkhiAos theory of al-tibb al-ruhani .
piritual medicin.
, which modern scholars identify as an early foundation of clinical psychology within the Islamic intellectual tradition (Awaad & Ali, 2.
Al-Balkhi argued that emotional disturbances such as anxiety, sadness, and fear reflect an imbalance of the soul requiring both rational and spiritual intervention.
Therefore, mental health in Islam is not merely psychological stability but an integrated harmony between faith, intellect, emotion, and behavior within the framework of devotion to God Thematic Analysis of QurAoanic Verses on Mental Health The QurAoan, as the primary source of Islamic guidance, provides foundational principles relevant to mental and spiritual well-being.
Numerous verses emphasize inner peace, patience, reliance upon God .
, and emotional self-regulation as essential for maintaining psychological balance.
A thematic analysis of selected verses reveals three principal spiritual practices that contribute to mental health:
recitation of the QurAoan, remembrance of God .
, and piety .
QurAoanic Recitation as Spiritual Therapy For Muslims, lifeAos challenges and uncertainties require not only psychological coping strategies but also spiritual reinforcement.
The QurAoan explicitly describes itself as a source of healing, as stated in QS.
Yunus .
:57:
aa a AOA ca Aac C e e aE eI I eOaU aI eI a aE eI O a AU Ea I a AEA aOa OaN UO O eeU e aI eII A a AaO Oac N EIA AuO mankind, there has come to you an instruction from your Lord and a healing for what is in the breasts, and guidance and mercy for the Ay The phrase Aua healing for what is in the breastsAy .
hifAAoun limA f al-ud.
indicates that the QurAoan functions as a remedy for inner disturbances, including doubt, confusion, anxiety, and spiritual emptiness.
According to Ibn Kathir, this healing refers primarily to spiritual and psychological ailments, cleansing the heart from misguidance and restoring certainty and faith.
The QurAoan thus acts as a transformative force that removes internal unrest and instills clarity and moral direction.
Similarly, contemporary interpretation in Tafsir al-Mishbah emphasizes that shifAAo encompasses spiritual restoration, emotional reassurance, and existential orientation.
Reflective recitation and sincere engagement with the QurAoan generate tranquility, cognitive clarity, and emotional balance.
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, 2021.
Rohman & Wibowo, 2.
Hence.
QurAoanic recitation may be understood as a form of spiritual therapy that nurtures mental resilience.
Dhikr as a Source of Inner Tranquility One of the principal practices believed to bring tranquility to the heart and mind is dhikrAithe remembrance of God through various forms of worship as well as in daily activities.
Through dhikr, a Muslim may experience inner peace, emotional composure, and a balance of the soul that is difficult to attain through worldly means alone.
As affirmed in the QurAoan.
AuVerily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find restAy (QurAoan.
Surah Ar-RaAod .
: .
a ca
a aca AcEE aE a a eE aA
AOA
ca AIIaO Oe Ia acI CaEaOaaeI a a eE aA
a aAcEE e I acI Ee aCEA
AOI A
AE A
AuThose who believe and whose hearts find tranquility in the remembrance of Allah.
Indeed, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find tranquility.
Ay This verse establishes a direct relationship between spiritual consciousness and psychological calmness.
Tafsir al-Mishbah explains that tranquility .
maAonna.
emerges when believers internalize awareness of GodAos presence, power, and mercy.
Dhikr is not limited to verbal repetition.
rather, it involves deep spiritual consciousness that stabilizes thoughts and Ibn Kathir similarly interprets this verse as evidence that remembrance of God removes fear and anxiety by strengthening reliance upon divine Contemporary empirical studies further confirm that dhikr and other Islamic spiritual practices contribute to anxiety reduction and improved emotional regulation among Muslim students (Siregar & Lubis, 2.
Thus, dhikr integrates spiritual awareness with psychological stability, functioning as an effective mechanism for mental health maintenance.
Taqwa as Protection from Anxiety and Grief Anxiety and sadness are universal human experiences often intensified by uncertainty and worldly pressures.
The QurAoan offers spiritual reassurance through the concept of taqwa (God-consciousnes.
QS.
Yunus .
:62 states:
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Ay Exegetical works such as Tafsir al-Jalalayn and MaAoarif al-QurAoan clarify that this promise applies not only in the Hereafter but also reflects spiritual security experienced in worldly life.
Those who maintain closeness to God are not immune from hardship.
however, they do not succumb to excessive anxiety or despair because their hearts are anchored in trust and divine From a psychological perspective, taqwa fosters cognitive reframing, resilience, and existential security.
Contemporary studies indicate that religious coping mechanisms strengthen mental resilience and reduce depressive symptoms by providing meaning and perceived divine support (Captari et al.
, 2.
Therefore, taqwa functions as a spiritual buffer against anxiety and depression, aligning QurAoanic teachings with modern resilience Contributions of the QurAoanic Mental Health Framework to Islamic Religious Education The integration of QurAoanic mental health principles into Islamic Religious Education (IRE) offers both theoretical and practical contributions.
First, systematic incorporation of QurAoanic recitation and reflective engagement within educational settings may enhance studentsAo emotional regulation and spiritual awareness.
Research indicates that consistent religious practices are associated with improved psychological well-being and reduced academic stress (Mahfud & Prasetyawati.
Rohman & Wibowo, 2.
Second.
Islamic counseling models grounded in QurAoanic valuesAisuch as sabr .
, shukr .
, tawakkul .
rust in Go.
, and taqwaAican be institutionalized within school guidance programs.
Such integration moves beyond ritualistic instruction and transforms religious education into a holistic developmental framework that addresses spiritual, emotional, and cognitive dimensions simultaneously (Dyaz-Tejo & Vega-Ramyrez, 2.
In this sense.
Islamic Religious Education becomes not only a medium of doctrinal transmission but also a transformative platform for cultivating resilient, emotionally balanced, and spiritually grounded individuals.
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CONCLUSION
This study concludes that mental health in the QurAoanic perspective is conceptualized as a holistic integration of spiritual, emotional, and psychological dimensions grounded in faith and God-consciousness.
The thematic analysis of selected verses (QS.
Yunus .
:57.
QS.
Ar-RaAod .
:28.
QS.
Yunus .
) demonstrates that QurAoanic practices such as recitation, remembrance of God .
, and piety .
function as mechanisms for fostering inner tranquility, reducing anxiety, and strengthening resilience.
These findings reinforce contemporary discussions that acknowledge spirituality as an essential component of mental well-being.
In the context of Islamic Religious Education, integrating QurAoanic spiritual principles into pedagogical processes offers a holistic framework for nurturing emotionally balanced and spiritually grounded students.
Islamic education, therefore, should move beyond doctrinal transmission toward transformative character and mental development.
However, as a qualitative library-based study limited to selected verses, the findings remain conceptual and interpretive in nature.
Future research is recommended to conduct empirical investigations within educational settings to assess the practical effectiveness of integrating QurAoanic spiritual values into mental health development programs.
Expanding thematic analysis to additional QurAoanic concepts may also contribute to a more comprehensive and applicable Islamic mental health model.
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