An Overview of the Positive dimensions of the Human Personality in the Light of Qu’rān

Abstract

This article analyzes the different positive dimensions of the Human Personality which are discussed in the Qurān. Actually, the whole Qurān is about the human beings. It is the desire and will of Allah Almighty to see the man that he/she is going on the positive path. All the teachings and the stories of different nations mentioned in the Qurān are just to convey the message that when someone adopts the right path, he would get his/ her destination. At the beginning of the twentieth century, American journalist Napoleon Hill wrote a book called "Think and Grow Rich" which became the best-selling book of that era. After many years of sweating, Thomas C. Corley concluded his research that there is a heavy barrier of 11 habits between success and failure. There are 11 qualities in the lives of all successful people that no one can stop them from moving forward if they adopt them. Many of these characteristics are permanent but they also change over a long period of time and based on these characteristics one person stands out from the other and in every case behaves differently from others. Some of these attributes are also a product of temporary conditions. There are basically two types of human characteristics. One is that which he has received directly from Allah Almighty, these are called non-acquired or natural attributes. The others are the qualities that man can either create within himself or acquire them by making some changes in his natural attributes or they are the product of his environment. These are called acquired attributes. Natural attributes include our color, race, shape, physical constitution, mental abilities, etc. Acquired attributes include man's level of knowledge, his profession, his thoughts, etc. Personality building is the name given to the proper development of both of these qualities.