Reanalyzing the Positive Thinking in the Teachings of Imam Ali in Order to Present Educational Implications and its Accreditation

This study seeks to investigate the concept of positive thinking in the teachings of Imam Ali (as) in order to provide educational implications and its validation.

The present study is a qualitative research that has been done using thematic analysis method and based on inductive approach. The field of research included all written and digital texts and documents related to the teachings of Imam Ali (as) using a purposeful approach. In data analysis, thematic coding method was used to remove additional and common codes and three columns under the headings of basic themes that include (codes and key points of the text), organizing themes that include (themes obtained from combining and summarizing themes). Basic) and all-encompassing themes (excellent themes containing the principles governing the text as a whole) were categorized. Then these themes were drawn in the form of website network maps and the prominent themes of each of these levels and the relationships between them were shown.

The results showed 350 basic themes, 4 organizing themes and 3 general themes. According to the results, the main concepts of positive thinking in the teachings of Imam Ali (as) include logical interpretation (problems and difficulties, attribution of work to God, oneself and others and the temporary nature of positive and negative events), positive expectation (waiting for help From God and others, expecting pleasant events to occur), the role of God, oneself and others in the occurrence of events (positive attention to God and positive attention to Godchr('39')s attributes) and attention to onechr('39')s positive characteristics and thoughts (positive attention to the results of deeds and Positive attention to actions).