Reconstructing Sama‘ as a Relational Psychospiritual Experience: A Phenomenological Study of Inner Peace and Musical Engagement
Journal of Islamic Studies and Civilization July 21, 2026 Intan Purnama Sari, Fikri Mahzumi, Nur Hidayat Wakhid Udin et al.
Although sama‘ is widely discussed as a Sufi practice, limited research explains how listeners themselves experience and construct inner peace through musical engagement. This study addresses this gap by examining sama‘ as a lived psychospiritual experience rather than as an inherent effect of Sufi music. Using Edmund Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology, the study screened 34 students of...