The Educational System In Islam

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intellectualgrowth areobtained throughacquaintance andreceived by
thehearing,sight,andintellectuality.Inthisregard,theholyQuranhas
preceded the modern educationists.
Anyhow,education can be aprincipal base of developinghumankind,
especiallyinthefieldsofintelligence,whenitaimsatachievingthegen-
eralboomofpersonalities,andcaresforsowingthevirtualtendenciesof
spirits. Otherwise, man will certainly lose originality and character.
Thereligious educationisthe mostconsiderable sinceitfocusesonthe
spiritual progression, self-discipline, andthe development of perform-
anceinadditiontotheregardofthevirtuousconventions,thehonorable
ethics, and the dignified patterns.
Psychoanalystsfocusaconsiderablelightonthistopicastheyaffirmthat
religion supports individuals with powers of faith, intellectuality, and
acuteness.Thesepowersformthespiritualvitalitiesresultingindeposit-
ingvirtuesin minds.Thisis indeedthemostfavorableanddecenthu-
man goal..
Religionistheoneandonlyrestraintagainstirregularityandaberrance.
Itcontrolsthetendencies,managesthedesires,cleansandsavesthesoul
from ruination, andprotects againstcollapse andthe pollution of sins
andimpulses.Religion, whenfindsashelterinsouls,propsupahuge
powerthatpreventsfromcrimesandforbidsaberrance,andinspiresthe
doing of good and the competition in the fields of virtue.
Educationthatisformed onreligious criteriaachievesthemostvictori-
oussuccess ofsocieties. It eradicatesthe causesof tensenessandrebel,
and authorizes the individuals to live naturally in their environments.
Failureistheinescapablefateofanyeducationthatignoresthereligion.
Sucheducationwillsurelycauseagreatamountofdisorderandnonsuc-
cess for those living under its shades.
Spiritualpowersleavearichinfluenceonman’sbehavior,anddirectto
mental and intellectual balance. Faith, if based upon an ideology and
creed,influencestheinteriorandexteriororgansand,consequently,calls
to charitable deeds and behaviors.
Likemanyothers,psychoanalystshaveagreedunanimouslythatthereli-
gionplays the greatest rolein the general compositionof life, andthe
constructionofsecurityandsettlement.Theyalsoaffirmedthatitisim-
possibletohavearespectfullifeofamiability,geniality,andsettlement
without the existence of the spiritual education, which createsself-im-
provement, governs the habits, and takes away pride and whims.
Theweaknessofpeople’sreligiousconsciencewasthemainreasonbey-
ond the spread of crimes, immoralities, unethical principals, and the

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