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Colonello, Paola
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Ğihād al-Nafs: An Inquiry into Striving and Spirituality in Dialogue with Western Psychology Colonello, Paola
Al-Jadwa: Jurnal Studi Islam Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): September
Publisher : Universitas Islam Internasional Darullughah Wadda'wah Bangil Pasuruan Jawa Timur

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.38073/aljadwa.3354

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The research problem stems from the frequent mischaracterization of ğihād al-nafs as a harsh battle “against” the self, waged to suppress the lower nafs. By framing inner striving as its object of inquiry, the study reframes Muslim spiritual endeavour as a practice aimed at cultivating mastery over self-sabotaging instincts, fostering inner coherence, and, above all, restoring order (amr) within the domain of consciousness. As the results suggest, the discrimination of vices and the integration of virtues are not mutually exclusive, but interdependent dynamics that enable the inclusion of what supports the evolution of consciousness. Adopting a literature-based approach within a hermeneutic epistemological framework, the essay draws upon classical Islamic sources while engaging with insights emerging from Western psychology, concluding that ğihād al-nafs is a form of struggle “in favour” of the soul, prompting the correction of inner imperfections, alongside the actualization of latent virtues and potential. As a distinctive contribution, the paper demonstrates how contemporary psychological understandings of striving and spirituality may illuminate the motivational logic underpinning Muslim inner struggle, revealing it as a process of optimization: a way of attuning to the deepest expression of humanity, which precedes and enables spiritual proximity to the Divine.
Caring for Fiṭra: A Point of Encounter Between Islām and Montessori’s Conception of the Child’s Inner Potential Colonello, Paola
Al Musyrif: Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam Vol 8 No 2 (2025): October
Publisher : Program Studi Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.38073/almusyrif.v8i2.3474

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Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the author in the Iranian provinces of Ostān-e Tehrān, Ostān-e Fārs, Ostān-e Bušehr, and Ostān-e Sīstān va Balūcistān and a noteworthy interview with a prominent Āyatollāh of the theocratic government, this article examines the environmental pressures acting upon fiṭra with the aim of highlighting both the educational opportunity to harness its potential and—as a distinctive contribution—the significance it may hold within Maria Montessori’s spiritual sensibility. As research results reveal, inspired by the thought of the Italian pedagogist, for just over a decade a few pioneering Iranian educational psychologists have been assisting Muslim teachers in shifting their focus toward children’s intrinsic motivation and respect for individual learning needs. Despite longstanding reluctance from the theocratic government, the syncretic approaches they have been promoting may prove effective in caring for the child’s fiṭra. In the article, Islamic psychology and Montessori’s perspective are juxtaposed, and tensions between educational needs and state concerns regarding the socio-political implications of such adoption are critically explored. The author concludes by reflecting on how adopting ideas from a different cultural milieu and adapting them to local educational contexts, far from implying submission to external intellectual hegemony, may unexpectedly yield positive learning outcomes.
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