Surah Al-Hujrat and The Principles of Interpersonal Conflict Management From A Cognitive Psychological Perspective

Abstract

The field of mainstream psychology is primarily focused on secularism, leaving many questions about spirituality unanswered. This urgent need for more research has led to a focus on the psychological aspects of everyday life and their aftermath, according to the Qur'anic approach to psychology. This paper aims to explore both empirical and scriptural insights into human cognitive modes in conflict resolution. Through this exploration, an Islamic worldview of conflict processes is developed, with a focus on creating fertile and integral settlements. This includes concepts such as social hierarchies, methodologically sound inquiries into conflicting phenomena, and the preservation of faithful arbitrary bodies for detailed discourse. The paper also seeks to provide an integrated dimension of cognitive psychology, drawing on revealed instructions from Surah Al-Hujraat as a divine guide toward a holistic approach. This paper accordingly aims to bring out some useful outcomes for ensuring the comprehensive welfare of human beings and their societies based on a comparative study of the functions of interpersonal conflict management based on the surah Al-Hujrat and contemporary cognitive psychology. Lessons on interpersonal conflict management are adopted as a means of preventing and solving conflicts, ultimately shaping social hierarchies per the divine guidance of the last Messenger ﷺ. This approach is designed to create a generation with productive outcomes and irresistible conflicts, with the societal hierarchy led by the last Prophet ﷺ held up as the idealistic height in the hearts of believers in the divine guidelines throughout the world.