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Feeling hopeless and depressed? Here's the Islamic way to cure it

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  LIFESTYLE Feeling hopeless and depressed? Here's the Islamic way to cure it Tuesday July 04, 2017 Sadness is a part of what makes us human. No living soul is unfamiliar with it. Written by Amna Anwaar You might often come across a conversation pertaining to things like "sadness is shaytan’s doing" or that "a believer never gets sad" or even that “sadness is an indication of weak or incomplete faith”. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could be further from the truth. Statements like these only escalate the process of drowning for individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety or hopelessness. It is of the utmost importance that people know the difference between sadness and depression; sadness is a typical human emotion and depression is a much more damaging and longer lasting condition of hopelessness, despair, and dejection. Sadness is a part of what makes us human. No living soul is unfamiliar with it; even our Prophets faced multiple episodes of sadness. For ex...

Are Non-Believers/non-Muslims Truly Happy?

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  Home » Islamic Thought » Are Non-Believers Truly Happy? Are Non-Believers Truly Happy? ISLAMIC THOUGHT   18/12/2015 1 Comment 8 Mins Read By   Ustadh Asim Khan When is ‘this’ promise? they asked mockingly and in haste. If it erupted whilst they quibbled and scorned, how much laughter could they exhibit and how many tears will they shed? What are they really waiting for, is life just a game or will every spectacle of a deed or sin be accounted for? Now comes the response to that question. Imām Al-Tabari states that Allāh responded to what they said by telling us that what they are waiting to be brought forward is in fact the blowing of that trumpet that signals the Hour. One that will take them all by  surprise  (sense of irony against their ‘anticipation’). This is referring to the first blowing of trumpet, or  Nafakhatul Faz’   (the blow that will cause death to whomsoever be in the heavens and the earth) [1] . [2] It is interesting how in the middl...