Islamic Theory of Spiritual Intelligence: Designing a Model of Spiritual Intelligence with an Islamic Approach as the Spiritual Capital of Managers

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Behzad Hodhodi ¹ (PhD Student, Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Khawrazmi University, Tehran, Iran,)
Bijan Abdullahi ² (Associate Professor, Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Khawrazmi University, Tehran, Iran.)
Hamidreza Arasteh ³ (Professor, Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Khawrazmi University, Tehran, Iran)
Hassan Reza Zeinabadi ⁴ (Associate Professor, Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Khawrazmi University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2021-09-17 Accepted : 2021-09-17 Published : 2021-09-23

Keywords:

Abstract :

Spiritual intelligence is the result of decades of studies in the field of religion psychology, which as an infrastructure of spiritual capital plays an important role in increasing the psychological capital, well-being and spiritual maturity of a person, the effectiveness of management and leadership. Considering the role of religious teachings in the formation of the concept of spiritual intelligence and its promotion in contemporary and creative research texts from the perspective of Islamic studies, the purpose of this study is to contrast the sources, inferences and symptoms of spiritual intelligence from Islamic sources and design a model of spiritual intelligence. It was from an Islamic point of view. The main question was whether spiritual intelligence was conceptualized directly or implicitly in the original texts, Islamic philosophical and mystical sources? And if yes, what are its components and indicators? To modify this pattern, the qualitative method of document analysis with two techniques of conceptual analysis and content analysis as well as independent processing through MAXQDA software was used. To ensure the validity of the research and its model, the completed method of quality studies of Lincoln and Guba included four criteria of reliability, validity and connectivity, personality verification and mobile transmission. The results showed that this concept is processed in Islamic texts in the form of a system of three categories of intellect, heart and wisdom and with words such as holy power, holy wisdom, esoteric intelligence, faithful foresight, the highest level of intelligence, wisdom, intuition and also with glasses. The term spiritual intelligence has been designed and studied and spiritual intelligence has been introduced under the titles of "Ulwal Bab" and "Oli Al-Absar". The five components and indicators extracted from Islamic texts and sources are: searching for meaning and purpose (with indicators of questioning and critical thinking of existence, discovering and creating meaning and purpose in life and work), changing understanding (with indicators of virtue) Cognition group, the effect of transcendence on methods, levels and sources of cognition); Use of relevant ads (with indicators of God-awareness, transcendent self-awareness, verse perception of existence, discernment of good and evil); Spirituality (with the index of inner spiritual life) and Wisdom (with the index of living wise).