title: The Concept Analysis of Health Based on Islamic Sources: Intellectual Health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study describes the concept of health through an analysis of Islamic sources.
  
  
  METHODS
  The concept analysis method of Walker and Avant was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The concept of health includes body and spiritual dimensions. Humans have the authority and insight to attain spiritual health, allowing intellectual dominance of the spirit over the body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health and illness are different stages of life, and illness is an opportunity for spiritual growth. It means that events can be used intellectually to gain greater spiritual growth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This approach may eliminate the concept of adaptation in nursing. Nurses can aspire to human excellence if they consider illness as a normal event, not an abnormal event to which the patient must adapt.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Akram Sadat
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sadat Hoseini
authors.affiliation: Iran Philosophy Institute (IPI), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: AbdulHosein Khosro
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Panah
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Fateme
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alhani
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam
keywords: Health; Islam; nursing