Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences
Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences

Specifying the Concept of Sadness in the Holy Qur’an: A Qualitative Analysis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ezatollah Kalantari Khandani 1
Mehdi Mohammadi Nia 2
Masoud Akbarizadeh 3

1 PhD Student in Linguistics, Department of English Language, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University of Zahedan, Zahedan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Velayat University, Iranshahr, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University of Zahedan, Zahedan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22062/jqr.2020.91456
Abstract
Introduction: Sadness is the most important natural emotion of human beings. The feeling of sadness is experienced throughout the private and public life of mankind. Therefore, the present study aimed to explain the concept of grief by referring to the Holy Qur’an.
Methods: This study was conducted through qualitative content analysis method. From among the Qur’anic concepts relevant to sadness, which were collected from the whole Qur’an, 60 concepts were selected via targeted sampling for analysis.
Results: From the analysis of the Qur’anic concepts of sadness, six main categories including “physiology”, “psychology”, “emotion”, “spirituality”, “remedy”, and “consequences” emerged.
Conclusion: According to the results, it can be inferred that sadness in the Holy Qur’an is a multidimensional concept and various structures have been used to explain it. That is why all human beings, with respect to the high incidence of depression and sadness, have to pay more attention to this concept, and for being treated, they must accept that all things in the universe occur under God’s lordship.

Keywords

Holy Qur’an
Sadness
Physiology
Psychology
Emotion

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Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences
Volume 9, Issue 2
2020
Pages 91-100

  • Receive Date 12 January 2019
  • Accept Date 22 May 2019

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