Relationship Approach of Personality, with an Emphasis on Islamic Sources

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Relationship approach is a perspective for studying the interaction and relationship of the individual with himself/herself, God, nature and others in order to recognize personality. General overview to Quranic Verses, Ahadis and point of view of the great Muslim thinkers was the basis of these four relationships to understand the human personality. Martyr Sadr, classified the set of Islamic educational methods in the four main forms. Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, accordingly have set his book (Mafatih’ol Hayat), and some other Muslim scholars have pointed to these four relationships. According to analysis of four relationships, were told that people, who are more connected with nature, are decisions that contribute to the environment. Believing that God is the basis of safety, ones will feel a sense of power. The process of effective relationship with others could be return to history of one’s attachment. Then the relationship with himself (herself) explained. Finally, for the recognition of the different components of personality, a cross table of four interactions of relationships is presented.

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