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Modalization and Transcendence of Health in the Coming Decade: Emphasizing the Human Cognitive System in the Stories of Prophets in the Holy Quran

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Department of Medical Ethics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

10.30476/ijms.2024.100885.3344

Abstract

In this study, the progression and importance of health knowledge is explored, projecting its future path. We do this by comparing the stages of evolution of the human cognitive system from birth to old age (inner intellect) with the stages of intellectual modalization in divine messengers (external intellect), as depicted in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Quran. This comparison aims to articulate the course of evolution, which includes sensory perception, apprehension, imaginalization, intellection, and intuition. Future medicine will consider the influence of spiritual factors (soul) in the form of human cognition and intention, as well as material effects (genes and biology). The seven medical domains of the future will encompass the field of ‘sprito-epigenetico psycho-neuro-endocrino-immuno-pharmacology’. This perspective emphasizes the need for a transcendent outlook in health and medicine. This study employed a library research method, including studies in medical journals from the last forty years.

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Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 49, Issue 6
June 2024
Pages 341-349
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  • Received: 26 November 2023
  • Revised: 31 January 2024
  • Accepted: 23 February 2024
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