Sukunn: Bridging Spiritual Heritage and Modern Digital Mental Health.
Zain Ul Abideen Tariq, Younss Ait Mou, Dana Househ, Manahil Zulfiqar, Anis Troudi, Mowafa Househ
Studies in health technology and informatics May 21, 2026 DOI: 10.3233/shti260539 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Cognitive-behavioral therapy Digital ethics Digital mental health Islamic psychology Spiritual well-being |
| Key points | Post-deployment platform analytics indicate stable functionality and sustained user engagement across multiple regions, suggesting feasibility and acceptability of culturally grounded digital mindfulness practices. |
Abstract
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. 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. Post-deployment platform analytics indicate stable functionality and sustained user engagement across multiple regions, suggesting feasibility and acceptability of culturally grounded digital mindfulness practices. 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.