Briki Walid, Amara Mahfoud
College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
J Relig Health. 2018 Jun;57(3):836-848. doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0414-0.
The present article proposes the perspective of Islamic self (PIS), which is guided by three core principles. First, the Islamic self is shaped by the God's predicament: The life test. Second, the structure of the self and its spiritual virtues represent means to succeed the life test. Third, the complex dynamics of the self can be mathematically formalized into a parsimonious framework. Specifically, the PIS considers the self as a dynamical system characterized by the emergence of self-organized stable and unstable patterns taking the form of positive ("illuminating heart") or negative ("darkened heart") dynamics.
