Towards a systematic Qura'nic theory of personality

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-233

  Abu Raiya, Hisham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

a'ql; Al Ghazali; Holy Qura'n; nafs; personality theory; qalb; roh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858596123     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2011.640622     Document Type: Article

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