Muraqabah: Meaningful Adjuvant Therapy for Metabolic Health Authors Hamid Ashraf Rajiv Gandhi centre for Diabetes, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India; Shehla Sheikh Department of Endocrinology, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, India; Mohammad Rashid Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India; Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.24-88 Abstract prayerful meditation or religious meditation. This is ameans of connecting to God, while being mindful of hispresence. It also implies seclusion. Muraqabah may be usedas means of improving physical and mental health inpersons with metabolic diseases such as diabetes andhypertension. In this editorial. We share the need to studyand research this potential therapy, we share pragmaticideas as to how muraqabah can be introduced in clinicalpractice, Keywords: Diabetes, hypertension, Islamic meditation,mindful meditation, person centred care, psychosocialaspects. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-10-16 How to Cite Hamid Ashraf, Shehla Sheikh, Mohammad Rashid, & Sanjay Kalra. (2024). Muraqabah: Meaningful Adjuvant Therapy for Metabolic Health. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(11), 1920–1921. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.24-88 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 11 (2024): NOVEMBER Section EDITORIAL License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.