نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Worldliness, defined as a structural and epistemic dependence on the transient blessings of the world, underlies human existential anxiety and inner insecurity. This study aims to extract the intrinsic pattern and structure of the process of transforming and modifying worldliness based on a textual analysis of Quranic verses. The research methodology is directed qualitative content analysis, wherein the constructs of the cognitive system (core beliefs, conditional rules, and behavioral responses) were adopted as a priori categories to systematize the textual data.
The findings indicate that the Holy Quran structures the pathology of worldliness across three layers: at the core layer, the "cognitive error of deception (Ghurur)" in the form of absolutizing the transient, along with the belief in "reliance on wealth," serve as the sources of insecurity; at the intermediate layer, the conditional rule of "clinging to the earth" (Ikhlad ila al-Ard) causes operational sluggishness; and at the surface layer, the behavioral responses of "multiplication" (Takathur or compulsive accumulation) and "parsimony" (Shuhh or avoidance of infaq) complete the cycle.
The process-oriented pattern extracted from the text proposes a three-phase model (epistemic assessment, cognitive restructuring, and monotheistic activation) in which establishing certainty in the Hereafter and the primacy of the soul act as alternative beliefs, while altruistic behaviors (charity and contentment) break the maladaptive behavioral cycles. This pattern can serve as an indigenous foundation for religious clinicians in structured psychotherapies.
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