KONSEP TAZKIYATUN NAFS DALAM KONSELING ISLAM MODERN

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The contemporary era of psychological distress, characterized by escalating rates of anxiety, moral disorientation, and existential emptiness, has intensified the demand for counseling approaches that are not only clinically effective but also spiritually grounded and culturally meaningful for Muslim clients. This study aims to systematically examine the concept of tazkiyatun nafs the purification and refinement of the soul as articulated in classical Islamic spiritual literature, and to explore its theoretical and practical applicability as a foundational framework within modern Islamic counseling. Employing a qualitative library research methodology, the investigation draws upon primary classical Islamic texts and peer-reviewed contemporary scholarship in Islamic psychology and counseling. The findings identify four sequential stages of nafs purification takhalli, tahalli, tajalli, and muraqabah each with distinct therapeutic correlates applicable to counseling practice. The study concludes that tazkiyatun nafs offers a coherent, theologically grounded, and psychologically resonant framework for holistic soul-healing that substantially enriches the repertoire of modern Islamic counseling, particularly in addressing spiritual dimensions of mental health that secular therapeutic models systematically overlook.