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Sukunn: Bridging Spiritual Heritage and Modern Digital Mental Health
Zain Ul Abideen Tariq1, Younss Ait Mou1, Dana Househ2
1College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Introduction:
Digital mental-health tools increasingly enable culturally grounded mindfulness approaches. Sukunn is an Arab-Islamic mindfulness application designed to align mobile well-being practices with Islamic spiritual psychology.
Methods:
The framework integrates muraqabah (self-awareness), dhikr (divine remembrance), and tafakkur (reflective contemplation) through guided practices, Qur'anic affirmations, and reflective journaling. The design is informed by a God-conscious (taqwā) model derived from Prophetic Medicine and Sufi contemplative traditions, while maintaining ethical and cognitive principles compatible with contemporary mindfulness design.
Results:
Post-deployment platform analytics indicate stable functionality and sustained user engagement across multiple regions, suggesting feasibility and acceptability of culturally grounded digital mindfulness practices.
Conclusion:
Sukunn illustrates how faith-informed contemplative concepts can be operationalized within mobile health systems, offering a design-oriented model for culturally coherent digital mindfulness applications.
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