The holy Quran has used the term "healing" for three issues and healing means the health, treatment, and recovery. The present study aims to examine some verses in the Quran and also some related narrations regarding the healing of diseases. : The resources used by the researchers in this study have been the major interpretations of Shiite and Sunnite and some narrative sources inc...

This study aimed to understand how spirituality permeates the process of caring for oneself and for others in the intensive care scenario from nursing professionals' point of view. This study used the qualitative approach of Cabral's Creative-Sensitive Method to guide information production and analysis in nine art and experience workshops. Nine nursing caregivers from the Intensive Care Unit (...

I would like to thank Harry Swinney for providing invaluable guidance throughout this project. He has made this project the high point of my undergraduate education, and it has been an honor to work with such an accomplished physicist. I thank Matthew Thrasher for helping me in the lab on a daily basis. He has taught me the ins and outs of the entire experimental process showing great insight a...

A 60-year-old Muslim man was admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B with an exacerbation of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Incidental hyperpigmented skin lesions were noticed overlying the dorsum of his ankles, knees, and elbows. Such asymptomatic areas of thickened, lichenified and hyperpigmented skin are called 'prayer marks' and are well-imprinted on the knees, ankles, and for...

Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, Florida is a charismatic organization that promotes and practices Christian healing. Although known for healing prayers, its worldview is more holistic and includes different kinds of prayers that address emotional, psychological, spiritual and bodily health. Deliverance prayer is of particular interest because it imagines a world of “spirit attachm...

Prayer is the most common form of religious practice and a central part of religious experience, yet little is known about whether individuals’ prayer activities and beliefs tend to remain stable or develop over the life course. This study examines change during the course of older adulthood in a range of dimensions of prayer, including total frequency of private prayer, specific beliefs and ex...

Mindfulness in Islam is akin to muqarabah, which refers an individual’s practices a situation where he has completely surrendered himself Allah SWT, reflected the calmness, peacefulness and awareness evident him after doing so. According Islam, prayers (solat) affect person’s mental health. The word “solat” originates from Arabic it derivative noun (masdar) verbs (fi’li) solla, yusolli, solatan...