نشریه اسلام و سلامت
سال هفتم شماره 2 (پیاپی 16، پاییز و زمستان 1401)

In Islam, purity and cleanliness are considered acts of worship. Ablution has removed the effects of inevitable environmental pollution, freed man from the formative effects of pollution, and preserved the spiritual condition of man. In addition, ablution also leads to external purity. This review study investigated the relationship between ablution and various aspects of health and health of the body and soul.

In this review, the keywords “ablution”, “purity”, “cleanliness”, “cleanliness”, “body health”, “soul health”, “mental health”, and “disease” were used. Magiran, SID, Iran Medex, and PubMed databases were reviewed. First, the titles and abstracts of the articles and then the full texts of the articles were examined. Finally, 27 articles were selected and reviewed.

Ablution removes impurities and creates purity and health of soul and body. The preparations and phases of ablution play a role in the prevention of diseases. The brushing of teeth and the various stages of ablution have an effect on oral health and prevent impurities in the eyes, face and hands. Ablution is effective in preventing respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases and has a positive effect on mental health and nervous system and increasing sustenance.

As a manifestation of cleanliness and purity, ablution promotes physical and mental health and prevents respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases. Ablution is highlighted as one of the effective factors in improving sustenance in Islam.

Islamic life-giving doctrines play a significant role in improving the health of the social environment, preventing crime, and reducing delinquency, as these teachings have a significant impact on health and give people peace of mind through improving self-control and cultivating a religious and faith-based lifestyle in social and individual interactions and life. For this reason, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of religious teachings on crime prevention.

For this theoretical and descriptive-analytical study, materials from numerous valid jurisprudential and legal books and researches were collected.

The conducted researches and studies show the significant effect of spirituality and religious lifestyle on people's social behavior and improvement of people's mental health. People's faith and religious beliefs and their religious upbringing can be very effective as a deterrent and crime prevention factor.

In jurisprudential and Islamic sources, more attention is paid to the causes of sin and crime and prevention of crime and sin than treatment and correction. The style and principles of religious and Islamic prevention play a very effective role in crime prevention by influencing social, individual and community doctrines and rules. Teaching religious doctrines and strengthening religious beliefs are considered one of the most important factors in crime prevention, especially in Islamic societies.

One of the most important aspects of human existence is spirituality. Premarital relationships are an issue in today's world. There is very limited and varied evidence and information on the effects of spiritual health and religious orientation on positive attitudes toward premarital relationships among medical interns and stagers at Babol University of Medical Sciences. The aim of this study was to investigate spiritual health and religious orientation on these relationships.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 medical interns and stagers which was done in the form of a project based on correlation. Questionnaires of demographic characteristics, spiritual health and religious orientation and positive attitude towards premarital relationships were given to them to complete.

When mental health was examined, there was a significant negative correlation with a positive attitude toward premarital relationships. There was a negative and significant correlation between external religious orientation and positive attitude toward premarital relations. The regression showed that positive attitudes toward premarital relationships decreased by 0.99 as the students' level of spiritual health increased (P< 0.001).

The results indicate that increasing the level of spiritual health and religious orientation improves positive attitude toward premarital relationships.

Social health is one of the emerging concepts that has been considered by thinkers in the field of theory and policy. Social health refers to the concept of social capital of the citizens and institutions of a society. In other words, the higher a person's motivation to communicate and the greater the number of connecting lines between the individual and society, the better the social health of the individual and society. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting social health in the Qur’anic lifestyle from the perspective of the Supreme Leader.

In this study, through the compilation of a library and a descriptive-analytical method, the effective components for social health in the Qur’anic lifestyle from the perspective of the Supreme Leader were investigated.

Based on the research findings, the components affecting social health in the Qur’anic lifestyle from the leadership perspective included two direct and indirect parts. In the components affecting social health in the Qur’anic lifestyle from the perspective of the Supreme Leader, seven key components were identified, namely: spiritual health, moral health, physical health, mental health, spiritual health, faith health, and religious health.

If we take inspiration from these statements and put them at the forefront of our work, we can hope for a transcendent lifestyle and a healthier society.

The Qur’an as a holy book contains many truths. The importance of the Qur’an’s instructions for human health is mentioned in various verses. Pomegranate is referred to as one of the fruits of paradise whose effect on the treatment of diseases has been proven today. In addition, it has recently been used in the pharmaceutical industry.

In this study, the therapeutic effects and applications of pomegranate in medicine and pharmaceutics were investigated using scientific studies available in authentic databases.

Various parts of the pomegranate have therapeutic properties since they contain compounds such as anthocyanidins, fatty acids, vitamins, mineral salts and flavonoids. The main therapeutic properties of pomegranate are prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and viral and bacterial infections. This fruit can also be used as a reducing agent in the synthesis of pharmaceutical nanoparticles as a new drug delivery system.

The evaluation of Qur’anic verses and their adaptation to new scientific knowledge have shown that pomegranate has beneficial effects on human health from various aspects, and it is recommended that clinicians and researchers in the medical and industrial fields pay attention to this fruit.

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death. Improving the quality of the diet, such as increasing the consumption of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, has a beneficial effect on cardiovascular complications. The Qur'an is a heavenly book in which there are 11 words about fruits and their derivatives, which indicates the value of fruits from the Quran's point of view. In general, the holy book of Qur'an has highlighted 5 fruits including olives, figs, dates, pomegranates and grapes and has repeated them in various verses.

In this review study, noble verses of Qur'an, books on interpretation of Quran and reliable scientific databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, IranMedex, Magiran, SID and Google Scholar were reviewed from 2000 to 2021. Related articles were reviewed using the keywords of Quran, olives, grapes, dates, figs, pomegranates, and cardiovascular disease.

The results suggest that the fruits mentioned in the Qur'an such as olives, figs, dates, grapes, and pomegranates, play a major role in human nutrition and health due to their strong antioxidant effects, which reduce oxidative stress, and substances such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, and phenolics. The results of the studies have shown the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant role of these fruits. It has been proven that these fruits have a high potential to prevent cardiovascular diseases, reduce the complications of cardiovascular diseases and improve the health of these patients.

The results of the studies have suggested that consumption of the fruits mentioned in the Qur'an reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, causes recovery in cardiovascular patients and reduces mortality due to cardiovascular diseases.