Mindfulness and Religiosity: Concept of Mindfulness and Spiritual Intelligence in Quran

Abstract

This paper examines the perspective of the Qur’an on mind and energy to mobilize mindfulness and human intelligence. The aim of research is to understand the foundations, meaning and nature of mindfulness mentioned in Quranic text. This paper draws on some illustrations that effectively highlight the Qur’anic perspective on the subject of human mind and spiritual intelligence for mindfulness. The paper concludes that spiritual intelligence developed in accordance with a Qur’anic framework that incorporates consciousness of mind into a system of belief, worship, morality and social responsibility. The understanding of the Qur’anic perspective helps uncover some of the broad underlying theoretical principles and values of Islamic spiritual intellect and reasoning which shapes much of Muslim undertaking with relation to a wider spectrum of interaction with faith-groups and society; effectively developing more inclusive models of evaluation and capacity-building in contemporary multi-religious societies.