Examining The Dimensions of Public Policy-making from the Viewpoint of Islam (with Emphasis on Trust in God and Counseling at Individual and Organizational Levels)

‘’Policy-making’’ refers to the science of actions adopted by governments. After a period of enormous changes in universities and research centers, this new field of study was recognized as a scientific-research field. The true religion of Islam has considered its different dimensions long ago. The present paper aims to investigate the dimensions of public policy-making from the Islamic viewpoint. Resting on the literature of the subject matter, the paper first offers definitions of ‘’public policy-making’’ and ‘’decision making’’, and then reviews the individual and organizational approaches to policy-making. The findings of the present paper present a pattern which can foster a relationship between two main principles; ‘’decision-making’’, which corresponds to counseling and, ‘’trust in God ’’ according to Islam on the basis of two approaches: individual and organizational.