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A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy

Since its revelation over 14 centuries ago, the Holy Quran is considered as scriptural divine words of Islam, and it is believed to promote psycho-spiritual therapeutic benefits to its reciter and/or listener. In this context, the listening of rhythmic Quranic verses among Muslims is often viewed...

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Main Authors:	Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan, Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz, Nur Syairah, Ab Rani, Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah, Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid, Mas Syazwanee, Shab, Nurul Iman, Ismail, Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani, Faruque, Reza, Mustapha, Muzaimi
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Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd. 2022
Subjects:	BL Religion RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/2/A%20review%20of%20the%20holy%20Quran%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022035964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12308
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.450332024-06-25T01:37:57Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/ A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz Nur Syairah, Ab Rani Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid Mas Syazwanee, Shab Nurul Iman, Ismail Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani Faruque, Reza Mustapha, Muzaimi BL Religion RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Since its revelation over 14 centuries ago, the Holy Quran is considered as scriptural divine words of Islam, and it is believed to promote psycho-spiritual therapeutic benefits to its reciter and/or listener. In this context, the listening of rhythmic Quranic verses among Muslims is often viewed as a form of unconventional melodic vocals, with accompanied anecdotal claims of the ‘Quranic chills’ pleasing effect. However, compared to music, rhythm, and meditation therapy, information on the neural basis of the anecdotal healing effects of the Quran remain largely unexplored. Current studies in this area took the leads from the low-frequency neuronal oscillations (i.e., alpha and theta) as the neural correlates, mainly using electroencephalography (EEG) and/or magnetoencephalography (MEG). In this narrative review, we present and discuss recent work related to these neural correlates and highlight several methodical issues and propose recommendations to progress this emerging transdisciplinary research. Collectively, evidence suggests that listening to rhythmic Quranic verses activates similar brain regions and elicits comparable therapeutic effects reported in music and rhythmic therapy. Notwithstanding, further research are warranted with more concise and standardized study designs to substantiate these findings, and opens avenue for the listening to Quranic verses as an effective complementary psycho-spiritual therapy Elsevier Ltd. 2022-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/2/A%20review%20of%20the%20holy%20Quran%20-%20Copy.pdf Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan and Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz and Nur Syairah, Ab Rani and Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah and Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid and Mas Syazwanee, Shab and Nurul Iman, Ismail and Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani and Faruque, Reza and Mustapha, Muzaimi (2022) A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy. Heliyon, 8 (12). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2405-8440 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022035964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12308
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topic	BL Religion RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
spellingShingle	BL Religion RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz Nur Syairah, Ab Rani Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid Mas Syazwanee, Shab Nurul Iman, Ismail Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani Faruque, Reza Mustapha, Muzaimi A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
description	Since its revelation over 14 centuries ago, the Holy Quran is considered as scriptural divine words of Islam, and it is believed to promote psycho-spiritual therapeutic benefits to its reciter and/or listener. In this context, the listening of rhythmic Quranic verses among Muslims is often viewed as a form of unconventional melodic vocals, with accompanied anecdotal claims of the ‘Quranic chills’ pleasing effect. However, compared to music, rhythm, and meditation therapy, information on the neural basis of the anecdotal healing effects of the Quran remain largely unexplored. Current studies in this area took the leads from the low-frequency neuronal oscillations (i.e., alpha and theta) as the neural correlates, mainly using electroencephalography (EEG) and/or magnetoencephalography (MEG). In this narrative review, we present and discuss recent work related to these neural correlates and highlight several methodical issues and propose recommendations to progress this emerging transdisciplinary research. Collectively, evidence suggests that listening to rhythmic Quranic verses activates similar brain regions and elicits comparable therapeutic effects reported in music and rhythmic therapy. Notwithstanding, further research are warranted with more concise and standardized study designs to substantiate these findings, and opens avenue for the listening to Quranic verses as an effective complementary psycho-spiritual therapy
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author	Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz Nur Syairah, Ab Rani Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid Mas Syazwanee, Shab Nurul Iman, Ismail Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani Faruque, Reza Mustapha, Muzaimi
author_facet	Mohammed Abdalla, Kannan Nurfaizatul Aisyah, Ab Aziz Nur Syairah, Ab Rani Mohd Waqiyuddin, Abdullah Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Rashid Mas Syazwanee, Shab Nurul Iman, Ismail Muhammad Amiri, Ab Ghani Faruque, Reza Mustapha, Muzaimi
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title	A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
title_short	A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
title_full	A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
title_fullStr	A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
title_full_unstemmed	A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
title_sort	review of the holy quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
publisher	Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate	2022
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/2/A%20review%20of%20the%20holy%20Quran%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45033/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022035964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12308
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A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy

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