A LITERATURE REVIEW ON QURANIC LINGUISTICS AS A PSYCHOSPIRITUAL THERAPY MEDIUM

Quranic therapy is an approach practiced by individuals who suffer from psychospiritual problems to self-heal. Al-Quran possesses spiritual values which can assist in treatment. This approach indirectly involves linguistic elements as the therapeutic basic medium by engaging in recovery and treatment activities such as reading, recitation and teaching the meaning of al-Quran. However, non-holistic implementation of linguistic element in Quranic therapy practice reduced the effect of patients psychological and spiritual recovery due to the lack of understanding of and appreciation to the messages of al-Quran. Therefore, this study is aimed at examining the relation of linguistic elements to the Quranic message being conveyed and revealing the importance of al-Quran as a psychospiritual therapy medium. This study is a qualitative research work using content and thematic analysis. Content analysis was classified according to themes based on the linguistic aspects of al-Quran (phonology, morphology and semantics). It was found that phonology (sound) reinforced appreciation of the message of al-Quran through mental effects of Al-Quran reciter and listener. Morphology (word structure) of al-Quran was also identified as the foundation to the meaning or interpretation of al-Quran. Meanwhile, comprehension and appreciation of all messages being conveyed in al-Quran require a mastery in semantics (meaning) because the meaning of al-Quran is influenced by various factors. In short, the linguistic aspects are closely linked in influencing the message being delivered besides having the role of reinforcing the understanding and appreciation of content of al-Quran that enables patient recovery from the psychospiritual problems. This study carries an implication towards the role of the Quranic language in complementing psychospiritual therapy.