The Quran and practices for mental health


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Islam and Science Science in Islam.


Psychology and treatment as well as the revolutionary NLP Neurolinguistic Programming is already an ancient practice among Muslims.
By L B Suleyman- Ummu G Suelyrman


The Quran and mental health

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First let's understand a little bit about mental health
What is mental health?
• Mental health is our emotional, psychological and social well-being. Mental health affects not only the way we think, feel and act, but also how we deal with stress, relate to others and make choices.
• Mental health is not limited to emotional problems. For example, if a couple is having a hard time getting along; whether parents and children are having trouble looking in the eyes; or if a person is underperforming at school or at work; a counselor or therapist can help guide the person to solve their problems.
• If mental health is caused by biological factors, life experiences or family, social history, remembering that we live in an age where values ​​are distorted, which means that we ourselves may be distorting and we do not perceive and, with this, our capacity production of hormones that do us good is being reduced.
• But nothing is forever. Allah swt has provided a solution and it is important to know that help is available.


What are some common mental health problems?
• Stress - Defined as the body's response to a demand that can be a phase of illness, a phase where expenses have gone out of control, a phase of change of work, a phase where our organism undergoes changes, or even phases where coexistence in the environment it has become difficult to understand and understand due to the aging of many or large numbers of people in their teens demanding more of us, a phase where we allow bad memories to constantly terrify us, or even a phase when we reach the limit from exhaustion. Stress can cause physical, emotional and behavioral disorders that can affect your health and tranquility, as well as personal and professional relationships. Too much stress can cause relatively minor illnesses, such as insomnia, back pain or headaches, and can contribute to life-threatening illnesses, such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder - An excessive feeling of fear or concern for things that are independent of a stressful event, includes obsessive, incoherent thoughts that result in abusive, irrational actions. General symptoms include problems such as sleep, continuous thoughts on the same theme, irrational desire, aggression, feeling panic, cold or sweaty hands, dry mouth, shortness of breath and being unable to remain calm.

• Panic attacks - sudden onset of intense fear and discomfort, which peaks in minutes and includes 4 of the following symptoms: increased heartbeat, tremors, sweating, nausea, feeling of suffocation, chest pain, dizziness, fear of losing control, fear of dying, feeling of unreality and feeling of numbness or tingling.


• Major Depressive Disorder - A feeling of constant hopelessness and despair.
It consists of a combination of symptoms that affect the individual's daily ability to work, sleep, eat and enjoy the things in life. It may occur only once, but it is more common to appear several times over the life of the individual.


• Marital issues - common disputes between spouses, family members that involve physical abuse and / or psychological abuse.

What causes to lose mental health?

• Role of Patience - The loss of control of patience, that is to say keeping yourself balanced, without leaving within yourself what others like rude words, attitudes that attack or offend us, as well as excessive praise, offers of goods as gifts and money are also out of balance. Islam attaches great importance to patience and is the focus of some 200 verses from the Qur'an, and referred to indirectly in many others. Patience is a virtue
which allows Muslims to move towards worthy goals, unaffected by adverse circumstances or repeated provocation.

• Eye of evil (Ayn / Nazar) - Let other people know about our virtues, assets, including every aspect of our private lives, or our spouses, our children,
including our knowledge, virtues, are reasons for other sick people to start envying us, envying our spouses, our children, alias you don't even need to know, there are many people
even if they have money and goods they are not satisfied that they want more and more and, this type of person starts to desire what they cannot have, they try to buy other people, they become friends to get closer and have what they want, that is, these people want what the other has, they want to live the life that belongs to the other, who the other
• Evil eye (Ayn / Nazar) - Allowing other people to know about our virtues, assets, including every aspect of our private lives, or our spouses, our children, including our knowledge, virtues, are reasons for other people sick people will envy us, envy our spouses, our children, incidentally, you don't even need to know, there are many people who are sick even though, even having money and goods, they are not satisfied they want more and more and, this type of person starts to desire what they don't manage to have, try to buy other people, become friends to get closer and have what they want, that is people want what the other has want to live the life that belongs to the other, who the other as objects or to use in order to their evils, and more.

 • Spiritual Possession - The belief that Jinn has the power to possess an individual, causing harm to the person and to the people around him and you .: This topic will not be addressed because it is vast, however, Allah swt leads us to understand that we must reflect, ponder, analyze every subject in our life, before acting, before speaking, and must constantly ask for the protection of Allah swt because there are external and external influences on our thoughts, feelings, which must be screened before speaking, act, plan.

Our prophet Mohamad (saw) and other prophets (sasws) suffered persecution, even though they didn't have much material. The belief in the evil eye is found in the Qur'an based on the following verse: "And the evil of the envied when he envies" [Al-Falaq (The Daybreak), 113: 5] The concept of the evil eye is the belief that an individual can look at people, animals or objects and cause damage due to jealousy, that is, envy, the desire to be or have the other and / or what the other has or is.

 An example that occurs a lot is envy because the other is intelligent, or is very dear or has children and spouse and lives with a certain joy. The envious, in this common case, are women who have
the family has money but they are not satisfied, they want what others have, by the way, they are never satisfied with what they have, they live life trying to show luxury and extravagance, they help people to show how much they have, pretending to be good, they enter the house of families saying that they want help or that, but they want the husband of the other, they want the status, the family that the other has or they want the husband due to intelligence and popularity, or they want the position that the other occupies or even want for status. Realize: How many families destroyed because of a person's envy, and we don't even realize that they are acting to destroy, but making themselves friends, ready to pay bills and make themselves the victim of the world, without failing to stick against each other, continue controlling everyone's life, even if they have to spend a lot of money paying company debts, which in fact, they are trying to buy the family of the other who is the object of envy, to blackmail in the future, to humiliate, in short, they are sick people who contaminate other people without them realizing that they are being contaminated.


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What is the connection between mental health and Islam?
• Spiritual Resilience - Islam offers all the knowledge and tools necessary for Muslims to live a peaceful life using their internal forces and having a strong relationship with the supreme power, Allah swt, being optimistic, purifying their feelings and without waiting for events improve.

Islam recognizes the importance of spiritual status as an inner force that can be exercised to have a calm mind, a healthy conscience and positive thoughts.
• Psychology in Islam is used in everyday practices, but in different forms, such as spiritualism. Islam values ​​the importance of good mental health and emotional well-being.
The Qur'an can be used as a guide for those who suffer from emotional suffering and aims to lead people to a meaningful quality of life. 'There is no disease that Allah created, except that He also created his treatment' (Hadith).
• If we were to record an MRI video of neural changes that happen in our brain when they say the word 'no' or say other words that "offend us", we have a sudden release of stress producing hormones and neurotransmitters. These chemicals (hormones) immediately interrupt the normal functioning of the brain, impairing logic, reason, language processing and communication.
If the language, or "what they said", is destructive (in our understanding it is not acceptable) or causes damage, the more likely we are to think about it, repeatedly, and keeping this memory / thoughts, causes us to release more harmful hormones , which interferes with the release of beneficial hormones, decreasing serotonin production. This can lead to damage to the main structures that regulate our memory, feelings and emotions.

This can lead to damage to structures
that regulate our memory, feelings and emotions. This in turn leads to interrupted sleep, a change in appetite and the ability to feel happy. Each time we vocalize this negativity, more harmful chemicals are released into our brain, increasing anxiety and irritability. This is how cognitive neuroscience explains how destructive patterns of thought and language can affect mental well-being.
The perfect Science born in Islam is explanatory and critical, based on the fact of “obtaining knowledge”.
More than a thousand years before the construction of Western psychology, the psychological language of the Qur'an described destructive emotions and harmful conditioning as nafs al-ammara or the "self that commands. The Qur'an provides guidance to help overcome the inner turmoil we may experience, caused by the nafs al-ammara and create the peaceful self or nafs al-mutmainna.
Islamic psychology or nafs science is the philosophical study of the psyche or mind from an Islamic perspective, which addresses psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychiatry and
psychoneuroimmunology. Due to the multidimensional use of words in the Arabic language, it is difficult to translate into a specific word, but the word nafs refers lexically to our soul, to the psyche, to the
heart or mind, "senses". Nafs is used to indicate our own self or used as a synonym
of Freud's libido. The second way that nafs has been used in the Qur'an is to refer to a part of
specific of our self that has desires, appetites. The Islamic concept of nafs highlights the composition
intricate and complex inner self. Freud in the early 1900s described similar states
like the id, ego and superego.
The Qur'an describes nafs, or self, as operating in one of three states: nafs al-ammara (self commander); nafs al-lawwama - i accuser; and nafs al-mutmainna (peaceful me). The Quran
explains how these states command our psyche and tell us what to do, they control and dominate us. If we have nafs al-ammara, it means that we are subdued by the self, we listen and follow its commands. This step describes the part of us that requires material goods and sensual desires.
With nafs al-lawwama, we are aware of our own imperfections and, inspired by our hearts, we see the results of our actions and our weaknesses and aspire to perfection.
Finally, nafs al-mutmainna implies contentment and peace, there are no immoral desires. This is the ideal state of the ego, there is tranquility and peace

The Qur'an and practices for mental health and the basis for current sciences, which now understand the need for the remembrance of Allah (swt), to maintain and restore balance.

IMPORTANT: When our emotional needs are being poorly met, nafs
al-ammara begins to control our feelings, thoughts and behaviors, Allah swt has granted healing, which is prescribed in the Quran, which provides us with guidance to learn and practice exercises that lead to relaxation because they bring the person closer to Allah (swt), is the Zikr / Dhikr “Those who believed and whose hearts are secured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured Quran (13:28)

Zikr (remembrance of Allah swt) is to weaken the influence of the nafs al-ammara. This is because when the "memories" of negative situations are in continuous thinking, nafs - alammara is in control, our thoughts are distorted, leading us to take things personally, to see everything in a negative light and to believe that things they cannot be changed for the better, causing the individual to make wrong decisions, such as: revenge, fleeing the situation, acting irresponsibly, inverting values, thinking that the place where they are is not good and needs to escape, leads to distance from people who really want you well, and many even allow themselves to be guided by false people, by erroneous thoughts, because they are keeping the "memory" of bad facts. This fact stagnates (keeps it still) immersed in wrong feelings and accumulating errors, because the hormones that increased are harmful, as well as the memories that are nourished.


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To get out of this phase, there is no need to "run away", change, avenge, or leave work, not leave school or family. Islam has as one of the fundamental principles that Muslims take care to obtain knowledge, as well as prioritize mental and physical health. Look for himmet.

How to get out of this disease? What healing is proposed in the Quran?


When our conscience, nafs al-lawwama, is active, we realize that something is wrong with the way we are feeling and behaving. We can then learn to challenge negative thinking by taking ourselves to our nafs al-mutmainna. The Qur'an uses a technique called Zikr to strengthen the nafs al-lawwama and help bring about a more peaceful state of being, Allah swt says:
“Alif lam me, this book has no suspicions. It is guidance for the righteous ”(1-2, chapter The Cow).


Then the question follows: Are you graced by the Lord of the Whole Universe, have the knowledge
like every Muslim and don't use why?


Someone who feels completely lost and alone in the face of a crisis would likely feel helpless and depressed. But someone who feels supported by a compassionate God who genuinely cares, who hears desperate pleas and who gives generous help, is more likely to
get back on track much faster, because there is a strong hand to help while dealing with life's problems. problems. (Islam online archive, sd) “And for those who fear God, He always prepares a way out, and provide it with sources that he never could imagine. And if someone puts his trust in Allah swt, Allah swt is enough for him.
For Allah swt will certainly fulfill His purpose: indeed, Allah swt has appointed a due proportion. ”(Quran, 65: 2-3)

Islam is the basis of many beneficial treatments used today by Westerners. Man treats his emotional when he changes his thinking through logical discussions
and refuting wrong and illogical ideas. This method of treatment is exactly in line with the Qur'an, which aims to treat the self and reform its deviation.
Mindfulness is a modern concept, which emphasizes a mental state of awareness, focus and happiness. Mindfulness is a way in which we can become more aware of ourselves, of our thoughts and feelings, and act consciously of ourselves and others, despite our desires.


In addition, it is very similar to the principle of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

 CBT explores the link between thoughts, emotions and behavior, which aims to alleviate suffering by encouraging people to develop more adaptive cognitions and behaviors. CBT is the most widely researched and empirically supported psychotherapeutic method. There is a strong evidence base reflected in the clinical guidelines, which recommend CBT as a treatment for many common mental health disorders. Ultimately, CBT aims to teach people how to help themselves by understanding their current ways of thinking and behaving and equipping them with tools to change their maladaptive cognitive and behavioral patterns. Or, as Allah swt says in the Qur'an: Remember Me, that I will remember you (* 2-152).

 POINTS TO PONDER:


These are just a few points to show how the Qur'an highlights the importance of psychological well-being. If we as a society are to move forward and remove the stigma associated with health
mental, the first thing we should do is:
• Do not allow what others say about thinking to interfere in our thoughts, in our life, in the relationships we have with ourselves and with our family members;
• Understanding that Allah swt has given everyone only ONE life, on this planet, and it is for us to take care to seek knowledge and remembrance of the words of Allah swt, we have to fulfill our work obligations and improve ourselves with more and more learning, if we have children and spouses, we have to dedicate enough time so that we can share happy moments, to teach and learn from each other, to contemplate the benefits of Allah swt (nature), because life is indeed small and we do not know what will happen from here little by little, therefore, Learn, Care, Share, Learn, Do, and a lot of Zikr, constantly: Whoever does this keeps busy and does not matter what
others speak think, act. Living joyful moments with spouse and children is healing.
• Understand that those who speak badly act badly think badly, are contaminating the planet earth and are making themselves sick. What we have to do is distance ourselves, and understand that they are people
who are sick. For this reason, we will try to ensure that our children, spouses and ourselves remain cured, healthy, doing Du'a for the sick, without thinking or giving importance to
attitudes of others. After all, what we do good, we will receive, what we do badly, we will receive !.

• To seek the joy of knowing more and more about the miracles of the Qur'an, to seek to know more about the various sciences, to seek to teach what we know to young people and to keep our thoughts occupied with learning and how we can teach them, allowing Allah swt to grant the best ways to receive subsidy to pay for housing, food, clothing. Remembering that Allah swt's promise to Muslims is sacred in this world and in the next world. We must all pursue the same common goal of love and humility, not letting bad memories settle in our thinking, because they cause disease and we don't realize it.
We must take care of our duties in this life and remember Allah swt, be role models for children and young people, and make them feel at our side in a place where people can live free from fear, corrected from mistakes and have the learning to I always get it right, so that everyone has mental and soul health!
Ibn Abbas (RAA) narrated that one day he was behind the Prophet SAAS when he turned and said: “Oh young man, I will teach you a few words: Remember Allah swt and He will keep you. Remember Allah swt and you will always find Him with you. If you beg for something, beg Allah swt. And if you need help, turn to Allah swt. And you are sure that even if all the people come together to benefit you in something, they will not do it, except what Allah swt has arranged for you. And if they get together to harm you in something, they will not do it, except what Allah has determined about you. Thus, the pens (from the pens) are removed, and the leaves (from the books of destiny) dry. ” (Tirmidhi)


"O Creator of heaven and earth. You are my Protector in this world and in the next. Make me die a Muslim (submissive to You) and join the virtuous ones." Surat Yussuf: 101.
May Allah swt grant insaAllah amin benefits!


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