Managing One’s Soul with Justice
There are numerous Qur’anic verses and Prophetic traditions purporting to commend “good character”. According to interpretation of Muslim psychologists like al-Ghazzali, “good character” refers to the just management of three powers of the soul, viz. the concupiscent, irascible, and rational powers. The Qur’anic basis of al-Ghazzali’s thesis is al-Hujurat (49):15, which reads to the effect…