GLOBAL PSYCHO-SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE QUR’ANIC ANALYSIS WITH SOLUTIONS

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Human beings are progressing with leaps and bounds but, unfortunately, regressing with the same speed in moral-ethical and social bonds. Human claims a lot but have limited knowledge, senses and power to change his destiny. The universal system is running in a set standard and law of causation by unique Authority; otherwise, it would have collapsed.

Adam’s creation was as rational and creative skills over other creations but lost his superiority due to temptation, power and derailed by his enemy under revenge, till his children re-organized and followed the given directions for which selected prophet guided them from the revealed knowledge to reclaim honor in paradise. Unfortunately, human being instead of setting his mind to follow given direction, gets overwhelmed by the id impulses and blind wishes (Nafs-e Amarrah), and loses insight (Nafs-e Lowammah) in the race of power. To such an extent, that he even loses mental peace by disobeying the Creator’s Will, becomes extremist (abnormal) in deeds, whereas some who obeyed and prayed to Almighty Authority, get high status (Nafs-e Mutmainnah), peace and paradise.

Since the start of human life on this Earth, he is confronting to adjust with nature and often confronting crisis and catastrophes. So, under crisis he looked for help from his Originator through various approaches to address the Creator, who is invisible to mankind. In this regard, the elder intellectuals with a hold on their tribes took the responsibility to approach the unseen Master through attaching extra power to please the angry Lord by developing idols empowered to meet the crisis. In order to please gods of various needs, they started universities, festivals after getting crops and paying attributes with gifts to their preachers, who were taken as special caste with power to help the ignorant sentimental followers. These saints, due to their great character, insight and ceremonial distinction, were taken as the associates of gods. So, the concept of personality worship was infused in the religious practice among all the races.

As such religions were the production of human imagination, God selected the prophets as models of great ethical values and revealed the knowledge for the correction of people. The already-empowered preachers were supported by the wealthy class who were wealthy, holding social control and were involved in corruption and vulgarity; they not only opposed the prophets, but killed them as a lesson to their followers. All these facts are narrated in detail and depth within the holy books (Zabur, Torah, Injil and The Qur’an) for the historical data on religion and reminded to learn the fate of great kings, nations and old civilization.

No doubt, the ultimate and final Authority and all knowledge is within the Master of this universe. He knows the Psyche (Ruh), its functioning skills, three aspects of Ruh fighting within a person, its causes, preventions, solutions, training, discipline, etc. He kept on sending human prophets from time to time with holy books under his Sole Command (MONOTHEISM) to correct self-made gods and idols of deceased prophets, which people used as personality worship instead of practicing the right direction or following their model of worshipping practices.

Although globally, three-fourth of population believe in the Abrahamic religion (Jew, Christian, Muslim), with the passage of time, the preachers in their lust for control, personality projection and hold on the ignorant sentimental followers, divided into religious rivalry due to fabrication in the concept of Divine power.

In reference to the subject of history of religion, psychology of religion, religious confrontation, sectarian rivalry, the author has presented thoughtful data in his book Psychological Foundation of the Qur’an (three volume). From the psychological point of view, intellectuals and researchers in various civilizations have been trying to present religion through deep study of human psychology, its mental functional skills, creative and social adjustment toward a progressive society. Among all such civilized society, historically established and well-known pioneers are the Greek philosophers. They set down psychology as a science of soul. Later on, it improved to be called science of mind. A remarkable point is that during the origin of psychology, it was a part of philosophy which has its four pillars of knowledge to study the comprehensive study of human beings. These four components of philosophy are psychology, logic, ethics and philosophy. With the passage of time, as psychology matured and become independent, its scope of study, research and discussions stuck to its boundaries and progressed as a unique subject about the mental functioning and behavioral study only.?Since that time, the ethical, moral aspects have been ignored and it has turned alike a science, but its sophisticated part of distinction of morality, discipline, religious aspect of a rational human being as far better than animal and animal instinct has been ignored. Therefore, in this modern day civilized world with modern technology, scientific inventions and capitalist affluence, they act like barbaric mammals in killing, organized crimes, adultery, frauds, looting other sources, snubbing the poor, playing with the life, property, land and sources by dominant wealthy, super powers, so-called democratic, educated scientist preparing lethal arms to crush the opponent countries knowing that the whole universe will be at risk in this fight.

At this stage, educated people know the worth of religion, moral-ethical values, practices to get peace, prosperity for a global humanitarian loving society but the human weakness of temptation, fun and pleasures, looking for ease in life, being in control of the maximum in shortest possible time, selfishness and self-projection turn them blind to think life is short and dear ones die before them. The revealed books about human psychology, his weakness, evil spirit, impulsivity with id impulses (Nafs-e Amarrah) insight are provided but knowingly they still want to remain in fool’s paradise till death.

So, human research of psychology with all claims seems to be subjective, each researcher presents his own theory concepts, and laboratory data is gathered by human about the human beings. On the other hand, the Originator, sole unique Creator of whole universal system including living creatures and human being knows all alone better than His own created deputy on Earth as they are confronting and creating evil as immortal children of Adam.?

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