Guiding Light Selection from the Holy Quran

Abstract

Translation
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful. 

19. Truly man was created 
Very impatient;
20. Fretful when evil
Touches him;
Good reaches him;
22. Not so those decoted
To prayer;
23. Those who remain steadfast
To their prayer;
24. And those in whose wealth
Is a recognised right;
25. For the (needy) who asks
And him who is prevented
(For some reason from asking);
26. And those who hold
To the truth of the
Day Of Judgment;
27. And those who fear
The displeasure of their Lord, . . .
29. And those who guard
Their chasity, . . . ;
32. And those who respect
Their trusts and covenants;
33. And those who stand firm
In their testimonies;
34. And those who guard
(The sacredness) of their worship;
35. Such will be
The honoured ones
In the Gardens (of Bliss). Surah LXX.
For behavioral scientists, especially psychologists and psychiatrists, most
of whom these days are preoccupied with wide-spread psychological anxieties
and suicidal behavior, the Qur'an in this part of Surah al Ma'arij proposes
certain traits and qualities of man which counter human fears and anxieties.
It is the duty of Muslim behavioral scientists in general and psychiatrists in
particular to study and research these Qur'anic directions and propositions
about human nature, and the traits, habits and behaviors necessary to counter
their negative effects on human life, peace and mind and gratification. It is
their duty to make people understand the important role of these Qur'anic directions
in human life and suggest the ways and means to the Muslims to develop ...