The REMEDY to sorrow, grief, anxiety, depression, and etc.~~

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and greetings to all,

In today's effort of spreading the words of God, I would like to share something great and very beneficial to all of us. This is especially for students and busy, working parents; these 2 categories always face challenges that leads to sorrow, depression, anxiety, grief, and many more. So, whenever you're hit with these feelings again, here's a quick and efficient remedy, insyaAllah -->

Recite this dua:

‘O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is ever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or which you revealed in Your Book, or which You taught to any of Your creation, or which You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that You make the Al-Qur’an the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety,” – but Allah will take away his distress and grief, and replace it with ease.’ He was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn it?’ He said, ‘Of course, whoever hears it should learn it.’

The Prophet [SAW] told us that if we find ourselves in a state of sorrow, anxiety, depression or sadness, we should make the afore-mentioned dua. 

“Make Al Qur'an the life of my heart and the light of chest!”

It’s as if Rasool Allah [SAWS] is saying that if you’re depressed/sad/anxious/sorrowful, then the way to relieve this is to make your life revolve around the Quran! Because once you read the Quran, you will find:

الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ أَلاَ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ

• peace and tranquility of the heart [13:28]

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاء وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلاَ يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إَلاَّ خَسَارًا

• physical and spiritual healing (shifaa), and mercy [17:82]

As for the one who turns away from it?

وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى

“But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur’an nor acts on its orders, etc.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.” [20:124]

Wallahuálam.

Liana