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Reflections on Islamic Spirituality: Underpinnings of a Holistic Way of Life

Delve into the essence of Islamic spirituality through the lens of key principles like the Oneness of God, a holistic approach to daily activities, and the continuum of life, death, and the hereafter. Discover the purpose of life, moderation, and the balance between body and spirit. Explore the model of faith in Iman, Islam, Ihsan, Taqwa, and justice, while understanding the constraints of human weakness, continuity, flexibility, and diversity.

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Reflections on Islamic Spirituality: Underpinnings of a Holistic Way of Life

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  1. Spirituality: an Islamic perspective Mahmoud Haddara May 12, 2007

  2. Islamic Way of Life • Underpinnings • Oneness of God • Holistic approach to life • Moderation

  3. Oneness of God “Say: He is Allah, the One! Allah, the eternally Besought of all! He begets not nor was begotten, and there is none comparable unto Him” [112]

  4. Holistic Approach to Life • Daily activities • Life, death, and the hereafter continuum

  5. Purpose of Life “I have not created Jinn and human kind except to serve me”[51:56] • Serving God • Absolute love of God • Absolute submission to God • Lord, protector, judge, focus of life and death

  6. Life, death, and the hereafter as a continuum “He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed” [67:2]

  7. Moderation “And thus We have made you a well balanced and just nation)” [2:143] "But seek, with the (wealth) which God has bestowed on you, the Home of the Hereafter, but don not forget your portion in this world” [28:77]

  8. Body and Spirit “He Who has excelled in every thing He created most good: and He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,”[32:7] "When I have fashioned him (in the best way) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down in obeisance to him.“ [15:29]

  9. The Model • Iman • Islam • Ihsan • Taqwa • Justice

  10. The Constraints • Human weakness • Continuity • Flexibility • Diversity

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