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Delving into the true meaning and experience of Islamic spirituality, based on a person s awareness and recognition of his existence and place in Creation, Malik Badri reveals the limitations and contradictions of the current prevailing schools of psychology that deny the existence of the soul and perceive humans as mere machines acting on external stimuli. Combining the rich traditional Islamic wisdom with contemporary knowledge, the author advances a unique approach to the understanding of the human psyche and the self that gives a central position to meditation and contemplation as forms of worship in Islam. It is a book addressed to anyone who is interested in the Islamic approach towards the urgency felt by modern societies who are yearning for the rediscovery of the long-forgotten and neglected aspects of their lives.
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Malik Badri is Professor of Psychology at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Malaysia. He is a qualified therapist and the author of a number of books including The Aids Crisis: An Islamic Socio-Cultural Perspective (1997). (2000).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) (1 November 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
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One of the best books ever...written by a very intelligent scholar of Islam who passed away this year may Allah have mercy on his soul. Ameen.

Highly recommended especially for lost souls...it's a big eye opener and focuses alot on the soul which we neglect constantly...you will not regret buying it.

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An excellent book that I recommend to all Muslims.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and an Enlightening Read!Reviewed in the United States on 26 September 2021
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Must read for all Muslims who want to understand the importance of reflection better. May Allah bless Malik Badri, who has very recently passed.
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Delving into the true meaning and experience of Islamic spirituality, based on a person�s awareness and recognition of his existence and place in Creation, Malik Badri reveals the limitations and contradictions of the current prevailing schools of psychology that deny the existence of the soul and perceive humans as mere machines acting on external stimuli. Combining the rich traditional Islamic wisdom with contemporary knowledge, the author advances a unique approach to the understanding of the human psyche and the self that gives a central position to meditation and contemplation as forms of worship in Islam. It is a book addressed to anyone who is interested in the Islamic approach towards the urgency felt by modern societies who are yearning for the rediscovery of the longforgotten and neglected spiritual aspects of their lives. (less)
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Ida
Sep 05, 2013Ida rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
"The world is expanding"- Alvy (Woody Allen), Annie Hall
"We have built the heavens with might and indeed We shall make them wider" (Quran 35:47)

This book is about the spiritual aspect to todays very fundamental religion; Islam.
It tries to frame the importance of Contemplation and differentiate the spirituality of Islamic beliefs in regards to meditative spirituality.
In Islam, contemplation is not submissions, but rather to invoke a sense of reflection to life, death and God. But due to the constraint of English as compared to the fluidity of the Arabic language the word Takaffur in relation to God's essence that the depth of its meaning gets lost in translation.

The book argues the Western development to Science and Psychology and try to remind Muslim practitioners how at one point in history, the Muslim World had developed civilization in contemplation to God rather than as a separate practice to enriching the soul.
The author feels that we need to reconcile The Soul and The Body to answer the plights of modern society and that when we adapt to the template of the Western societies we also inherit its social diseases; which stems from disassociating themselves for in depth spiritual
meaning to the allusive existential question of our stay on earth.

I found this book easy to read and interesting; aptly so reading during Ramadan, a month of spiritual contemplation.
I am in the opinion that, we need to reconcile all our knowledge and the diversity of difference so that we can all learn and enrich our understanding of living and being. As was proven in the Brilliant age of Islamic growth that the Old Scholars had studied sciences from India and Greek that we had prospered and progress.

In short, in great Contemplation as penned by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,French Jesuit priest:"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
If people thought from this angle, maybe we'd become better humans. (less)
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Hasanah
May 24, 2018Hasanah rated it really liked it
Scientific approach for psychology can be vastly frustrating, as the needs of the mind/spirit/emotion may not be satisfied purely by physical or literal manners, but through contemplation, or more effectively, contemplation with conscious faith towards Him. This book provides a healthy discussion on how one may derive tranquillity and peace from contemplation, and highlights the importance of faith in achieving the desired state of contemplation.
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Eiman
Aug 28, 2021Eiman rated it it was amazing
Malik Badri is a Sundanese author, and the founder of modern Islamic psychology. In this book he begins by explaining the utter inadequacy of Western psychology, due to the failure to recognise a human being’s spiritual dimension. He writes about the West’s attempts at explaining the human being as a machine, about their failure to recognise the soul as an integral part of their being, about the refusal to look at the working of the human as anything beyond chemical reactions. The understanding of the human mind has become ‘machine-like’ and unfortunately, Malik Badri writes, Muslims, being dependent on the West in many modern sciences, have let these ideas subtly seep into their own midst.

He then goes on to give a thorough explanation of how contemplation, particularly of God’s creations, can benefit a person mentally. He explains how secular meditation, although undoubtedly with its own benefits, can only go so far, and ultimately leaves the human being’s innate thirst for spiritual fulfilment unquenched. He writes about the factors that promote and impede an individual’s level of contemplation skills, and gives examples of how one can carry out contemplation -giving detailed descriptions of the miraculous working of creatures like birds, ants and locusts as a layout of how we could incorporate such thinking in our everyday lives. He encourages the reader to ponder on the creation of the heavens and the earth, and of our own origination. Ultimately, these are all practices to get closer to The Creator. The one who masters this will see Allah in everything, and will attain an awe of their Creator and a peace like no other.

This is heavy stuff and it reminds me of my own inadequacy, and how it’s only too easy to get caught up in the rat race of life so that we pass by marvellous things every day as if they were nothing. I could only hope to reach the level of sweet consciousness of Allah that Malik Badri speaks of. An incredibly incredibly enlightening read, and one that I must not forget. (less)
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Jun 09, 2015Da'In Johnson added it  ·  review of another edition
Recommends it for: Anyone interested in self improvement, contemplation
This is quite an excellent work! I'm actually reading it for the second time, now (less)
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Jan 10, 2019Auni B rated it it was amazing
Satuifying.
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Difficult to understand
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