O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a guidance and a Mercy. || Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.|| We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.||And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me; || Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in the language) other than Arabic, they would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail? What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger an Arab?" Say: "It is a Guide and a Healing to those who believe; and for those who believe not, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness in their (eyes): They are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!"
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Chapter 2 (The Spirit and The Soul)


The Spirit and the Soul in the Quran

With Islam and the revelation of the Quran we find that all the facts related to the spirit, the soul, and the heart differ in their meanings and notions. Despite their various meanings and frequent use, these concepts are clearly expressed in the Quran without any possibility of misconception. This is the eloquence miracle of the Quran. This immortal Book provides a safe shore for lost souls to anchor, which secures them against waste and loss. The Quran sheds light on the unclear and misunderstood concepts, clarifying their meanings and applications that the mind can only grasp in order to protect it from any form of distortion.
Following the advent of Islam, these concepts became subject to research and study by Moslem philosophers such as: Ibn Rushed, Ibn Sina, Ibn Taimeyah, Ibn Alqayem, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Khaldoun, Mohamed Abdu, Al-Mawdoudi, and Rashid Reda. Their researches in this area were clear, organized, and factual, avoiding any predictions or speculations. All their ideas were based on the Quran, thus providing a sound and well-based practical philosophy from which modern psychologists and philosophers in the West draw their knowledge. These westerners took their material from Islamic philosophy which they formulated according to the methods of modern research. They also admit the fact that none of them added anything to the philosophy of Islam which is based on the Quran that was revealed fourteen centuries ago.
 


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