DAYAH: Journal of Islamic Education Vol. 6, No. 2, 264-284, 2023 Tafakkur: A Contemplation of Students’ Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence (in The Perspective of Sufism & Transpersonal Psychology) Dewi Hayati Nufus Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Address: Jl. Ir. H. Juanda no 95 Ciputat, Tangerang Banten e-mail: dhnufus75@gmail.com Sururin Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Address: Jl. Ir. H. Juanda no 95 Ciputat, Tangerang Banten e-mail: sururin@uin.jkt.ac.id Akhmad Sodiq Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Address: Jl. Ir. H. Juanda no 95 Ciputat, Tangerang Banten e-mail:akhmad_sodiq@uin.jkt.ac.id DOI : 10.22373/jie.v6i2.18957 Abstract The phenomenon of the educational process causes individuals to feel exhausted or satiated, which contributes to rising levels of human suppression, repression, and depression. Changes involving one's personal inner fortitude are among the methods available for overcoming the saturation or overload of thoughts and fluctuating emotions. Some institutions incorporate the practice of contemplation into their educational curriculum. This research paper seeks to develop the concept of tafakkur in the field of education as a foundation for constructing instruments that contribute to the spiritual and emotional intelligence of students. This study employed a qualitative methodology based on a literature review. Exploration of data from Islamic science sources (Al-Qur'an and Sunnah) as well as contemporary Islamic literature and Western literature for the purpose of comparing and describing previous research pertaining to student therapy in coping with anxiety and depression. The results of the analysis of the concept of tafakkur from two perspectives, including Sufism and transpersonal psychology, are the foundation of school student learning theory thinking that is inherent in the Islamic religious education curriculum, because the content of tafakkur learning activities as contemplation education can present monotheistic values, which are the primary foundation of Islamic religious education. The concept of tafakkur as a learning instrument is able to direct students to be able to concentrate on learning,