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JROH: Jurnal Obat Hati
Published by Universitas Abulyatama
ISSN : -     EISSN : 31237177     DOI : 10.69548/jroh
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JROH: Jurnal Obat Hati is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that focuses on the integration of spirituality, emotional well-being, and socio-religious values, with a special emphasis on tasawuf (Islamic mysticism). The journal serves as an interdisciplinary platform for scholars, practitioners, and educators to explore the role of Sufism in addressing inner healing, moral development, and the cultivation of spiritual consciousness in contemporary society. Published biannually, JROH welcomes original research articles, conceptual papers, case studies, and literature reviews that delve into topics such as spiritual psychology, ethical behavior, self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs), and the relevance of classical and modern Sufi teachings in promoting peace, resilience, and personal transformation. Contributions may come from various disciplines including religious studies, psychology, education, sociology, and cultural studies. By centering its discourse on tasawuf as a source of “medicine for the heart,” the journal seeks to illuminate pathways toward inner tranquility and spiritual maturity, especially in the face of modern emotional and moral challenges.
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From Slow Living to Sufism: Reimagining Spirituality in an Age of Acceleration Zuherni AB; Nurlaila; Syarifuddin Syarifuddin
JROH: Jurnal Obat Hati Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Universitas Abulyatama

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Abstract

Contemporary society is increasingly characterized by acceleration in communication, work, consumption, mobility, and digital interaction. Although technological development has expanded human possibilities, it has also intensified temporal pressure, fragmented attention, and the expectation of continuous productivity and availability. Slow living has emerged as a cultural response to this condition, emphasizing intentionality, simplicity, presence, meaningful relationships, and resistance to excessive speed. Yet much of the existing literature approaches slow living as a lifestyle, well-being strategy, or cultural critique without sufficiently exploring its theological and spiritual foundations. At the same time, contemporary scholarship on Sufism has demonstrated the continuing relevance of Islamic mystical traditions to questions of selfhood, well-being, ethics, and modernity, but has paid comparatively limited attention to acceleration as a defining feature of contemporary temporality. This article aims to develop a conceptual dialogue between slow living and Sufi spirituality by asking how classical Sufi concepts can provide a deeper spiritual framework for responding to accelerated modernity. The study employs qualitative library research and critical thematic analysis of scholarship on social acceleration, slow living, Islamic spirituality, contemporary Sufism, and selected classical Sufi concepts. The analysis identifies four interrelated dimensions of Sufi-based slow spirituality: spiritual presence through dhikr and muraqabah; ethical moderation through zuhd and qana'ah; self-regulation through muhasabah and mujahadah al-nafs; and intentional withdrawal through khalwah and 'uzlah. The findings suggest that Sufism does not merely prescribe a slower lifestyle. Rather, it transforms the individual's relationship with time, desire, attention, productivity, and worldly attachment. The article consequently proposes “Sufi-based slow spirituality” as a conceptual framework that moves beyond the secular reduction of slow living to lifestyle management and reinterprets slowness as spiritual reorientation, ethical discipline, and conscious presence before God.

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