Hey, just a question.
Is there anybody sitting here that does not have problems?
It's when our sadness is so overwhelming.
That we reach a point that I'm there's no help for me, no one
can assist me. I feel helpless.
Don't feel like eating don't feel like talking don't feel
like working and reach a point where life seems worth it.
That's probably where the sideway depression is at and we
have no idea how to solve it or where the help is going to come.
From. And we feel that there is no
help at all for us. Allah Allah, Subhan Allah, what
Allah says that we have revealed within the score on that which
is a means of a cure and a mercy to the Believers So I have no
doubt the answers are in the Quran.
Al hamdulillah. For most people, the discussion
of depression, anxiety, and all these things were only come
when, when it happens to you. But there are things that occurs
in our lives. That brings us there.
You don't just wake up one morning and say, well, I feel
depressed today. Now, it's things that happens in
our lives. Generally problems and
challenges, and grief, and issues that happens in our
lives. What I want to talk about is
what does the Quran say that conditions us that we never
reach a point of depression? so, five things I want to say,
The first is Allah Allah, Subhan Allah.
What Allah says at the end of Surah al-baqarah and also in
Surah to taluk La yukallifu Allahu nafsan illa wus aha.
In Surah 2 taluk. Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says
La yukallifu. Allahu nafsan illa Ma So rule
number one, we going back in time before somebody becomes
depressed and faces depression. Further back in their life,
Allah ta'ala says that no human being is burdened beyond their
capacity. Sola was of Hanover, Tyler does
not impose on us a burden, a difficulty beyond what we can
manage. So we will think and wonder but
it's too difficult for me. It's too hard to imagine it.
So how does Allah Allah? Subhan Allah?
Say Allah does not burden us with that which we can manage.
When in reality I can think of my own life with there are
things. I'm not managing, I'm not coping
with it. So, what does that verse of the
Quran than me? But it is starting point.
Let us understand the first to me.
That whenever Allah, our Subhan Allah, Allah puts a challenge
Upon Us puts us through a difficulty and hardship, we
should not doubt but actually be confident that there is a way
out. We might not know the way out,
we might not be aware where the way out is going to be, but it's
there. So when we are reflecting on our
own skills, our own abilities, our own resources.
We see no way out. But if we expand and like they
say, think out of the box went beyond what's within our Circle.
so behind Allah, as we will discuss further, you will see
That for every issue in life, Allah ta'ala shows us a way out
melet Allah guide us in sha Allah.
So that's number one. Number 2 Allah Allah.
Subhan Allah, what Allah promises?
Surah Al Shariff alumnus. Ah, In my I'll also reuse Rock
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system of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala after every hardship
disease in serotonin. Sure Allah, mentions it twice.
Not that Allah tala ran out of something to say so let me
repeat this know. There's a purpose behind it.
The purpose of repetition in the Quran is emphasis highlighting
the importance of something. The rain you look at the verse
in its emphasis verily. Oh certainly no doubt.
My Lord Surrey user mile The webmaster means together.
The one is there? The next one is touching it
immediately. Afterwards.
So I let a lot L for twice in suratul.
Insha'Allah in nominal also be used to connect to a hardship.
Is he's immediately following the hatch of this some comfort
coming. And so rhetorical analysis.
It is Allah. It is Allah that will make it
happen that I after hardship is welcomed.
So rule number two that any difficulty I face is he's
coming. Rule number three.
That allow us a hand over to Allah challenges us with
hardship. And difficulty as a test from
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is the loss of a hand.
What Allah says in Surah al-baqarah, truly.
This is one of the most amazing verses in the Quran.
When Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says, we will trial and test you
with a degree, just a small amount with some fear hunger and
a decrease in your life, your wealth and your sustenance.
So the difficulties you face in life, the hardships, somebody
losing their job. and all of a sudden we have this burden that
Go to bond to pay. For example, I have a family to
feed. School fees to pay.
And we calculate the 30 days left of the mountain realize I'm
not gonna make it. This is tough, this is hard.
I've been living well, in all of a sudden I lose my job.
That's decrease in something in wealth.
That can cause people severe depression.
People lose sleep. Don't want to eat can manage
through this. Let's start by putting it in Our
Minds when that happens to somebody.
It is Allah with subhanahu wa'ta'ala has its testing Us.
In other words, it's a Las decision that we go through the
Sasha and likewise with the fear in the hunger and everything
else. As mentioned in the verse, we
coming to the interesting part of the verse.
When Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says, Glad Tidings to those who
are perseverance and patience. And we know a lot of times we
use that word, right? Somebody's going through
difficulty in a hatch and we say be patient.
My brother be patient or sister unfortunately most times we use
it because we don't know what else to say and sometimes people
look at it. Almost as though we are being
insensitive really that's all I have to do be patient.
You're not going to advise me or anything else and therefore less
of a Hanna. What Allah says not just glad
tidings for patients that when they are faced with a hardship.
What do they say in Lila? He were in La he wrote your own
let's be honest. When is the only time we this
when somebody dies because generally, we think when
somebody dies again back to Allah, Every moment because
Allah ta'ala says any inconvenience any difficulty any
hardship? What do they say?
This is from Allah, but beautifully, more importantly is
the next part of the verse. When Allah was subhanahu
wa'ta'ala says, those who when they face a hardship in a
difficulty instantly recognized it to be from Allah.
Allah, Allah says, it is those people, these are the people who
have the money The and forgiveness from Allah and the
rightly guided that is the right response.
Number 4, we find a rule. We must have in the back of our
minds is that whether we go through easiness or Hatcher,
it's a benefit for us somehow or the other beautiful is the
Hadith of the Prophet. Salallahu alihi wasalam.
The prophets Allah I sell him sister.
Angie be very strange. If you look at the reality of a
Believer everything that happens to him or her.
Is good for you. But this is only for a believer.
When it goes through some comfort, something that is
joyous, you shows, gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
This is good, we say, oh, thank you a lot for this blessing upon
us. We benefited from it.
But when I believer goes through difficulty, infliction and
hardship, it shows patience again, it's good.
He was patient rule number five and very quickly.
We have truly in reality. Three situations, we have
yesterday today. And tomorrow, yesterday is in
the past. We cannot Change it tomorrow.
Is in the future. We have no idea what it holds
for us. We have only today. so, rule
number five, Let's do what is in our capacity.
That's today. We loving it today.
We managed it today. We deal with it today.
The part I want to talk about now in sha Allah is now that we
have established a mindset. A precondition.
Then in sha, Allah thumma in, Charlotte to the grace of Allah,
we will manage any inconvenience we face.
Another part of it is, how do we manage our day-to-day emotions
allow us about Hannah? What Allah says subhanallah so
beautifully Alliance by the remembrance of Allah and Allah
may say the decree refers to the recitation of the Holy Quran has
become tranquil through the recitation of the Holy Quran.
It's making ourselves continuously away that Allah was
subhanahu wa'ta'ala is our is our creator.
He sustains us, looks after us gives good challenges was
difficulties that in the Quran, there is Shiva and they sort of
my, for us. Secondly, how do we manage our
emotions day today to believe and accept that, I believe a
lives between two things. Fear and how the prophet
salallahu alaihe, Salam visited a person that was Ill about to
pass away. The prophets Allah sent me as
the person that how do you find yourself?
He said, o prophet of Allah, I feel my sins. but I have hope in
the mercy of Allah, the prophet sallal our cell and beautifully
says when these two things are combined Then Allah will
subhanahu wa'ta'ala grants, the person that helped The Have and
saves them, gives them Tranquility from the fear that
they have. And I just want to touch on for
a moment. Probably, the biggest challenge
that we face is financial because they are things in our
finances is beyond our control. And all of a sudden you look at
it and you think I could afford it yesterday today, I can afford
it. Things change things happen.
So there's parts of our financial situation that we have
no control over Do I get the job?
Don't I get it. Do I lose the job?
Don't I the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam has taught us how
to manage this before that happens.
So while we have the job, while we have the money, we have the
income, the prophets, Allah, some tells me and you how to
manage that moment. So that when Amela protect us in
sha, Allah grant us stability in our wealth, and our health, and
everything else. If we are faced with a
difficulty, we ready for it. The prophets Allah cell and
beautifully says, look at those around you that are less
fortunate than you and don't look at those who are better off
than you for if we did that if we looked at those who have more
than us and better than us and nicer than us and we keep
focusing on that. Chances are that no?
Sooner we do then we will stop realizing the benefit and the
blessings of Allah Upon Us. Rather we will start looking at
us as insignificant, we lose value, for the blessings of
Allah upon us, The example of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam that they love the very humble life within his means
that we must believe in sha Allah.
That when we are facing these hardships difficulties and we
feel there's no Road out the problems, and the difficulties
become so overwhelming. Did they see no worth in living
anymore? Make an analogy of a river that
flows? Most of us swim at the top end
of the string and we swim pretty well, occasionally our heads go
under the water but you always find a way up as we swim further
down the stream because it's going down.
Some managed to swim some kind. So the call out for help and
people help them out of it and unfortunately they are others
who just can't manage it and fall down the waterfall.
May Allah, protect us in Shell. Why is it that people reach that
point where they can actually think there's no help out there
for me? We can actually think nobody and
nothing can help me. It is simply because the belief
in the thinking, that once I've exhausted all help available to
me and now human being can assist me, then beyond Human
Assistance is nothing out for me but yet allow us of a Handover
Tyler beautifully in Three verses they all from Surah to
tell Eric versus. We've heard, before Allah was
over Hannah what Allah says and this should establish the belief
that no matter how difficult life is no matter what problems
you are facing is a way out. He who is a conscious of Allah.
Allah Allah will grant him or her away out in there.
For Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says he would put his trust in
Allah. Allah is sufficient for him.
He will push Consciousness in Allah.
Allah will remove his hardship and therefore, I conclude in
Shallow with two statements actually do ideas of the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wasalam. The one is a verse of the Holy
Quran. Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says
hasbun Allah. When they are Milwaukee where
nobody finds herself in a situation where they don't know
a way out of the difficulty, I have no idea how to solve this
problem. To keep your mental stability.
Start by saying hasbun Allah, when you're a Milwaukee, Allah
is sufficient for me. Allah is sufficient for me near
milania - oh, you're my best Helper and my best protector.
Start. They at least, so we can manage
ourselves mentally. So how do you that the prophet
salallahu alayhi wasalam conclude with this at the
prophet salallahu Salim said that he who makes this dryer
will be relieved of anxiety, and grief, and difficulty and
sorrow. Try to learn it.
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What do you mean? We are your servants.
Those spring of your servants, our foreheads and others.
Our existence is in the hands of Allah, the order of Allah passes
through as it, we are dependent on Allah.
The decree of Allah is just upon us that Allah we ask you in
every name that you have called yourself.
Oh that, you have revealed in the Quran, how that you have
taught any of your creation or that you have kept hidden in
your Treasures by yourself. That Allah make the Quran, a
means of the life of our heart, let the beating of our hearts be
because of the Quran, and by virtue of it, and then lights on
our chest, and the remover of a grief and anxiety and hatchin.
Make it such that we see the light at the end of the tunnel
with every difficulty we face that we don't know the way out,
doesn't mean a way out does not exist Hannah.
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