SPIRITUAL COMPETENCY, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR
It is a fact that individuals with strong abstract thinking abilities are creative and better problem solvers. Similarly, individuals who behave in a socially responsible way perform better in academics and in the workplace . The challenge being faced by the present education system is the effective development of abstract thinking abilities and performance of socially responsible behaviour. The most effective way of achieving this is by focusing on the category of knowledge that engages children's abstract thinking from an early stage and also aids in behaving in a socially responsible way . The category of knowledge that makes this happen is “tenets of emaan”. Firstly, it is abstract , and secondly, it plays a pivotal role in the development of spiritual competency that aids in intending actions for Allah, nurtures state of Ihsan and provides the strength and resolve to behave in a socially responsible way. Allah reveals through the Quran the critical role of tenets of ema