For Professionals & Scholars
Refinement in Proportion
Nafsychology™ is an independent educational research project developing an Islamic psycho-spiritual typology at the confluence of psychological typology and Islamic psychology. This page exists to clarify lanes: what this project claims, what it refuses, and how to engage it without turning typology into diagnosis, spiritual ranking, or cultural identity theater.
What this page is for
This page provides a brief orientation for professional readers, including researchers, clinicians, educators, Islamic scholars, and other serious professionals who want clear scope boundaries and responsible use.
State the project’s scope in academic, educational, and clinical-adjacent terms.
Prevent category errors: typology-as-description becoming verdict.
Support disciplined citation, careful critique, and clean lane-keeping.
Claims and non-claims
What we claim
Educational psycho-spiritual typology as a language for long-form self-observation and refinement in proportion.
A structured synthesis that distinguishes primary sources from later elaborations.
Explicit ethical constraints so explanation doesn’t become exemption.
What we do not claim
No diagnosis, treatment, crisis care, or clinical protocol.
No psychometric assessment, scoring, or automated typing.
No equivalence between typological constructs and revealed categories.
No spiritual rankings, moral verdicts, or proxy Fatwā.
Method at a glance
Nafsychology treats psychology as a descriptive lamp, while revelation remains the higher measure. We do not treat the Noble Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah as cultural material or optional garnish, but as Divine guidance for mankind and, therefore, the highest authority for ethical measure and accountability. Typological language is used to name recurring patterns and one-sidedness, so conduct can be refined without self-flattery, shame, or performative identity.
Sources discipline
We apply “primary sources first” across both domains, and we do not relax that standard for convenience.
Psychological sources & disciplined development
We prioritize foundational texts (the originating authors of a model, for example, Jung’s Collected Works) to establish the original structural intent. We then integrate disciplined later analysis by trusted successors when it adds structural clarity unavailable at the time of origin. We distinguish explicitly between the architect’s original map and later additions.
Revelatory sources & verification
We rely strictly on the Noble Qur’an and authenticated Sunnah for revelatory resonance (from trusted primary compilations and authentication standards, cited with care). Where psychological nuances are not explicitly named in the tradition, we apply a minimum standard of non-contradiction: verifying that a descriptive concept does not oppose any known Qur’anic Ayah or authenticated Hadith, and we treat it as map-language rather than a revealed category.
Where revelation gives direct guidance, it governs; where it is silent on technical constructs, we remain descriptive and modest.
Category discipline
Psychological constructs remain descriptive aids; they are not treated as revealed categories (such as Rūḥ or Qalb).
Resolution of divergence
Where psychological theory opposes authenticated revelation, revelation remains the higher measure of value, accountability, and proportionate refinement.
Use-cases
Appropriate use-cases
Education: seminars, reading groups, methodological discussion.
Reflective practice: supervision-style prompts for pattern-noticing and restraint.
Research dialogue: typology as descriptive vocabulary with explicit limits.
Interdisciplinary conversation: resonance noted without equivalence claims.
Inappropriate use-cases
Forcing stereotypes on others as a shortcut to understanding, especially in clinical or marital contexts.
Using typology as a moral alibi for harm, avoidance, or neglect.
Treating typological constructs as replacements for revealed categories or authentic religious guidance.
Using the project as a fast verdict machine: rankings, identity labels, spiritual scoring.
How to cite Nafsychology pre-publication
Until The Art of Nafsychology is published, cite public pages as website sources. Where a statement is interpretive or provisional, cite it as such rather than treating it as settled consensus.
Cite the specific page and date accessed.
Cite only what is publicly stated; do not cite unpublished diagrams or book-only structures.
Prefer citing a Refinement Note when it contains the claim in full context.
Contact
For scholarly correspondence, corrections, or citation questions, use the Contact the Author option.
Optional updates
For publication milestones and monthly Refinement Notes, the list is the cleanest channel.