How To Achieve Peace of Mind Through the Quran

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Brother Ashraf Zaghloul talks about treasures that are found in the Quran. These treasures are simple things that can make our lives easier, and keep our hearts in the state of peace. Allah (SW) shows us in the Quran the different things we can say or do at various times. Including: fear, grief or distress, maintaining blessings, calamity or misfortune, and many others.

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http://www.missionislam.com/health/stress.htm

by Shahid Athar , M.D.

Stress results from the following factors:

a. Fear of the unknown and trying to see through and control the destiny.
b. Losses in our life of people and things dear to us and our inability to recover those losses.
c. Inner conflict between our heart and mind between what is known to be the truth and our failure to accept it as truth. Acceptance of truth may require changing our habits and way of life which we may adhere to for some reason like pleasure, joys, taste, pride in race or heritage etc.

Let us examine how Quran deals with such situations.

Our losses are a trial for us:

"Be sure we will test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives, but give glad tidings to those who are steadfast, who say when afflicted with calamity: To God we belong and to him is our return. They are those on who (DESCEND) blessings from God and mercy and they are the once that receive guidance. 2:155

Thus in Islam, we do not have concept of the ownership of goods and life. Everything belongs to God and returns to him. So if we don't own that thing why mourn our loss?

On the other hand a believer should do the following: a. Increase dhikr (Remembrance of God) "who have believed and whose heart have Rest in the remembrance of God. Verify in the remembrance of God, do hearts find rest." (Qur'an 13:28) b. Increase their prayer. "O you who believe, seek help with steadfastness and prayer. For God is with those who are steadfast." (Qur'an 2:1530) c. Ask forgiveness "And I have said: seek forgiveness from your Lord. Lo He was ever forgiving." (Qur'an 71:100) In addition to above we are also asked to continue to struggle to up-grade ourselves. " surely God does not change the condition in which a people are in until they change that which is in themselves." (Qur'an 13:11) On the other hand a believer should do the following: a. Increase dhikr (Remembrance of God) "who have believed and whose heart have Rest in the remembrance of God. Verify in the remembrance of God, do hearts find rest." (Qur'an 13:28) b. Increase their prayer. "O you who believe, seek help with steadfastness and prayer. For God is with those who are steadfast." (Qur'an 2:1530) c. Ask forgiveness "And I have said: seek forgiveness from your Lord. Lo He was ever forgiving." (Qur'an 71:100) In addition to above we are also asked to continue to struggle to up-grade ourselves. " surely God does not change the condition in which a people are in until they change that which is in themselves." (Qur'an 13:11) In summary, I conclude that stress results from lack of inner peace due to conflicts within us and leads to external disturbances in our behaviour and health. Inner peace can only be achieved by believing in God, the All Mighty, and remembering him frequently and asking for his help and forgiveness in times of difficulties.