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Education should aim at the balanced growth of total

personality of man through the training of mans' spirit,
intellectual the rational self, feeling and bodily sense.

Education should therefore cater for the growth of man in

all its aspects, spiritual, intellectual, imaginative, physical,
scientific, linguistic, both individually and collectively, and

motivate all these aspects toward goodness and attainment
of perfection. The ultimate aim of education lies in the

realization of complete submission to Allah on the level of
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individual, the community and humanity at large.
Islamic education aims to form a complete and balanced

growth of the human personality through mental training, brain
intelligence, reasoning, feelings and senses. This education must

serve human growth in all aspects, both spiritual, intellectual,
imagination, physical, scientific, and language aspects individually

or in groups. And this education encourages all these aspects
towards virtue or goodness and the achievement of the perfection

of life.

From the explanation above, an understanding can be
drawn that Islamic education aims to develop a complete

personality pattern. Personality can be achieved through mental,

10 M. Arifin, Islamic Education: a theoretical and practical review based on an
interdisciplinary approach, (Jakarta: Bumi Aksara, 1996), Cet. 4th, h. 40.