The psychological comprehension method of religious texts: Investigating a singular text

Method for understanding and discovering the psychological dimensions of religious texts is of essential needs for Islamic psychology. This study aimed to explain the psychological comprehension method of religious texts in the singular text area. In psychological comprehending the issue is that why and how behaviors, beliefs, and values are formed, what psychological effect they have, how could they be controlled and regulated, and so forth. The method of this study was descriptive analytical. The findings showed that: 1) the strategy for this method is flipped investigation. 2) Religious texts are divided to two forms: prescriptive and descriptive. 3) In order to discover psychological knowledge four steps should be implemented: understanding the structure (including: understanding the components; identifying the mission of each part; identifying the relations of the parts), problem assessment, etiology, and finding principles. 4) In the descriptive texts, problem assessment changed into need assessment. 5) Using this method, we could design Islamic theories and therapeutic and improvement models. The conclusion of this study is that we should provide the setting for designing Islamic theories and therapeutic and improvement models, by making the Islamic-psychological studies methodical using formal and informal education.