Concepts of Human Growth and Development according to Islam and West

All kinds of human knowledge are communicated by a language and through words which contain concepts. In all sciences، researchers should communicate concepts through words and statements which may be easily explained and described، and their limits may be determined in an easy manner so that the researcher may be able to communicate meanings and concepts، as he has them in his minds، to the audience. Development and growth are among concepts which are used in various fields without paying a real attention to their conceptual content. This is important since in transmitting a concept from a culture to the other، fundamental differences are of influence in internalizing it and making it functional. In the present article، to make a comparison about the human growth and development in the intellectual framework popular in the West، the authors have redefined these concepts in the intellectual framework of Islam.