International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study explores the transformative influence of Sufism on mental health of Qawwali audience. The study was conducted in qualitative method. Where 22 samples were selected through purposive sampling. Among these 22 samples 20 of them were qawwali audience each 5 from different religious communities such as of Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Atheist. The other 2 samples where the singers themselves. Semi structured interview method was followed to collect the data. The collected data was analysed through thematic analysis to obtain the result. And the result shows 4 major factors as reason where the qawwali influence the mental health of audience positively. The major four factors are Therapeutic and emotional connection, inner healing and positive emotional state, Devotation and divine love and humanistic values and social harmony. These factors contribute to the audience in the same way which the singers wish to convey them. It also influences them without any difference of their culture. Which shows that the specific music method of Qawwali can be taken a therapy for mental health.

Keywords: Transformative Influence, Sufism, Mental Health, Qawwali