Building Resilience through Faith: A Quranic-Ethical Framework for Adaptive Project Management in Pakistan’s Construction Sector

Abstract

This paper presents a resilient-based project management model to the construction industry in Pakistan in which the Quran forms the foundation to respond to systemic destabilization associated with climatic change, economic uncertainties, and governance issues. Instead of sticking to the past models and ideas of resilience, the framework integrates necessary Islamic ideas, which include Tawakkul (trust in God with proactive effort), Adl (justice), Mizan (balance) and Amanah (trusteeship) as a method of promoting holistic and morally conscious adaptation. Methodologically, the research adopts a qualitative, sequential, exploratory approach, grounded in the Islamic epistemological approach, synthesising revealed knowledge with the new project management and resilience literature. The framework was created using thematic analysis and conceptual mapping over the lifecycle of the project, followed by revision through expert validation using a modified Delphi technique, including Islamic scholars, construction practitioners, and academics. The model reports key phases in the project by the principle of Shura (consultation) in planning, Sabr (patient perseverance) in risk management, Ijtihad (innovative reasoning) in execution, and Muhasabah (self-accountability) in monitoring and control. By constructing professional practice with ethical guidance from the Quran, the framework focuses on ethical government, social equity and environmental stewardship as cornerstones of resilience. The study concludes that embedding Quranic values in the project management practice provides a route of cultural resonance and contextual grounding in creating a transformation of disruption to opportunity in the institutional transformation of infrastructure development to be technically sound while socially just and ethically sustainable in the development landscape of Pakistan.