The Quran and practices for mental health
Bismillaharrahmanarrahim
Islam and Science - Science in Islam.
Psychology and treatment as well as the revolutionary NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming is already a millennial practice among Muslims.
By L B Suleyman- Ummu G Suelyrman
The Quran and mental health
First let's understand a little about mental health
just 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 trouble getting along; whether parents and children are having trouble making eye contact; or if a person is performing poorly at school or work; a counselor or therapist can help guide the person through their problems.
• If mental health is caused by biological factors, life experiences or family, social history, remembering that we live in a time where values are distorted, which means that we ourselves may be distorting and we do not realize and, with this, our ability production of hormones that are good for us is being reduced.
• But nothing is forever. For everything Allah swt has granted solution and it is important to know that help is available.
What are some common mental health issues?
• Stress - Defined as the body's response to a demand that can be a phase of illness, a phase where expenses got out of control, a phase of change of work, a phase where our organism undergoes changes, or even phases where coexistence in the environment has become difficult to understand and understand due to the aging of many or large numbers of people in the adolescence phase demanding more of us, a phase where we allow bad memories to terrify us constantly, or even a phase where 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 ailments like insomnia, backaches, or headaches, and can contribute to life-threatening illnesses like high blood pressure and heart disease.
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder - An excessive feeling of fear or worry about things that are independent of a stressful event, including obsessive, incoherent thoughts that result in abusive, irrational actions. the general symptoms
include problems such as sleep, continuous thoughts on the same topic, irrational desire, aggression, feeling of panic, cold or sweaty hands, dry mouth, shortness of breath, and not being able to stay calm.
• Panic attacks - sudden onset of intense fear and discomfort, which peaks at
minutes and includes 4 of the following symptoms: increased heart rate, tremors, sweating, nausea, choking sensation, 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 hopelessness.
It consists of a combination of symptoms that affect the individual's daily ability to
work, sleep, eat and enjoy the things of life. It may occur only once, but it is more common to appear several times over the course of an individual's lifetime.
• Marriage issues - common disputes between spouses, family members that involve physical abuse and/or psychological abuse.
What causes for loss of mental health?
• Role of Patience - Losing control of patience, that is, keeping balanced, without leaving within oneself what others say, such as rude words, attitudes that harm or offend us, as well as excessive praise, offers of goods as gifts and money also unbalance. Islam attaches great importance to patience and is the focus of around 200 Quran verses, and referred to indirectly in many others. Patience is a virtue that allows Muslims to move towards worthy goals, unaffected by adverse circumstances or repeated provocations.
• Evil eye (Ayn / Nazar) - Allowing other people to know about our virtues, assets, including every aspect of our private lives, or that of our spouses, our children, including our knowledge, virtues, are reasons for other people sick people start to envy us, envy our spouses, our children, in fact, you don't even need to know, there are many sick people even though, even having money and goods, they are not satisfied that they want more and more and, this type of person starts to want what they don't they can have, they try to buy other people, they make 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 as objects or to use in order to their wickedness, and much more.
• Spiritual Possession - The belief that Jinn has the power to possess an individual, causing harm to the person and people around him and to you.: This topic I will not address because it is vast, however, Allah swt leads us to the understanding that we must reflect, ponder, analyze every matter of our life, before acting, before speaking, and we 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 (pbuh) and other prophets (pbuh) suffered persecution, even though they had no material goods. The belief in the evil eye is found in the Qur'an on the basis of the following verse: "And the evil eye 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 harm due to jealousy, ie 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 money but don't have a family they wanted, in fact, 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 other's husband, 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 one person's envy, and we don't even realize that they are acting to destroy, but playing friends, ready to pay bills and play the victim of the world, without ceasing to cheat against each other, continue controlling everyone's lives, even if they have to spend a lot of money paying other people's debts, which in fact, 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 they are being contaminated.
II
What is the connection between mental health and Islam?
• Spiritual Resilience - Islam offers all the knowledge and tools needed for Muslims to live a peaceful life using their inner strengths and having a strong relationship with the supreme power, Allah swt, being optimistic, purifying their feelings and not waiting for events externals improve.
Islam recognizes the importance of spiritual status as an inner strength 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 Quran can be used as a guide for those who suffer from emotional distress and aims to lead people to a meaningful quality of life. 'There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He has also created its treatment' (Hadith).
• If we were to record an MRI video of neural changes that happen in our brain when we are told the word 'no' or other words that 'offend us', we have a sudden release of stress producing hormones and neurotransmitters. These chemicals (hormones) immediately disrupt normal brain functioning, 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 harm, the more likely we are to think about it over and over again and, maintaining this memory/thoughts, causes us to release more harmful hormones. , which interferes with the release of beneficial hormones, decreasing the production of serotonin. This can lead to damage to the key structures that regulate our memory, feelings and emotions. In turn, this leads to disrupted sleep, a change in appetite and the ability to feel happy. Each time we vocalize this negativity, more harmful chemicals are released into our brains, increasing anxiety and irritability. This is how cognitive neuroscience explains how destructive thought and language patterns can affect mental well-being.
The perfect Science born in Islam is explanatory and creative, from the fact of “obtaining knowledge”.
More than a thousand years before the construction of Western psychology, the psychological language of the Quran described destructive emotions and harmful conditioning as nafs al-ammara or the self that commands. The Quran provides guidance to help overcome the inner turmoil we may experience caused by nafs al-ammara and create the peaceful self or nafs al-mutmainna.
Islamic psychology or the science of nafs is the philosophical study of the psyche or mind from an Islamic perspective, covering 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 lexically refers to our soul, psyche, heart or mind, "senses". Nafs is used to indicate our own self or used synonymously with Freud's libido. The second way nafs has been used in the Qur'an is to refer to a specific part of our self that has desires, appetites. The Islamic concept of nafs highlights the intricate and complex composition of the inner self. Freud in the early 1900s described similar states as the id, ego and superego.
The Qur'an describes the 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 self). 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 subjugated 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 are the basis for current science, which now understands the need for remembrance of Allah (swt), to maintain and regain balance.
IMPORTANT: When our emotional needs are being poorly met, nafs al-ammara begins to control our feelings, thoughts and behavior, 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 a person closer to Allah (swt), it is the Zikr/Dhikr “Those who have believed and whose heart is assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured Quran (13:28)
The 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 thought, the "nafs - al ammara" is in control, our thoughts are distorted, leading us to take things personally, to see everything in a negative light and to believing that things cannot be changed for the better, causing the individual to make wrong decisions, such as: revenge, running away from the situation, acting irresponsibly, reversing values, thinking that the place where they are is not good and needs to escape, it leads to distance from people who really want the best for them, 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 (holds still) immersed in wrong feelings and accumulating mistakes, because the hormones that have increased are harmful, as are the memories fed.
III
To get out of this phase, it is not necessary 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. Search for himmet .
How to get out of this disease picture? What is the proposed cure in the Qur'an?
When our consciousness, the 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, leading to our nafs al-mutmainna. The Quran 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 contains no suspicion. It is guidance for the righteous” (1-2, chapter The Cow).
Then follows the question: Are you blessed by the Lord of All the Universe, have the knowledge like every Muslim and why don't you use it?
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 listens to desperate requests, 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, nd)
“And for those who fear God, He always prepares a way out, and provides him with sources he could never imagine. And if someone puts his trust in Allah swt, Allah swt is enough for him.
For Allah swt will surely fulfill his purpose: verily, 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 treatment method is exactly in accordance with the
Quran, which aims to treat the self and reform its deviance.
Mindfulness is a modern concept that emphasizes a mental state of awareness, focus and happiness. Mindfulness is a way we can become more aware of ourselves
ourselves, our thoughts and feelings, and to act consciously of ourselves and others, despite our desires.
Furthermore, 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 clinical guidelines, which recommend CBT as a treatment for many common mental health disorders. CBT ultimately aims to teach people to
help themselves by understanding their current ways of thinking and behaving and equipping them with the tools to change their maladaptive cognitive and behavioral patterns. Or, as Allah swt says in the Qur'an: Remember Me, and I will remember you .(*2-152).
POINTS TO PONDER:
These are just a few points to show how the Quran stresses the importance of psychological well-being. If we as a society are to move forward and remove the stigma associated with mental health, the first thing we must do is:
• Do not allow what others say and think to interfere with our thoughts, our lives, the relationships we have with ourselves and with our family members;
• Understanding that Allah swt has given each one 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, The Quran and practices for mental health if we have children and a spouse, we have to dedicate enough time so that we can share moments, joyful, 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. in a little while, therefore, Learn, Care, Share, Learn, Do, and a lot of Zikr, constantly: Whoever does this keeps himself busy and doesn't care what the others speak, think, act. Living joyful moments with a spouse and children is curative.
• Understand that those who speak badly act badly, think badly, are contaminating 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 are going to try to ensure that our children, spouse and ourselves remain healed, healthy, make Du'a for the sick, without thinking or giving importance to the attitudes of others. After all, what we do good, we will receive, what we do badly, we will receive!.
• Seek the joy of knowing more and more about the miracles of the Qur'an, seek to know more about the various sciences, seek to teach what we know to young people and keep our thoughts occupied with learning and how we can teach them, letting Allah swt grant the best ways to receive subsidies 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 should all pursue the same common goal of love and humility, not let bad memories settle in our thoughts, because they cause illness and we don't realize it. We must take care of our duties in this life and remember Allah swt, be an example to children and young people, and make them feel by our side in a place where people can live free from fear, corrected from mistakes and have the learning for the hit always, so that everyone has mental and soul health!
Ibn Abbas (RAA) narrated that one day he was standing behind the Prophet (SAAS) when he turned around and said: “O 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 be sure that even if all the people come together to benefit you in something, they will not do it except what Allaah swt has arranged for you. And if they come together to harm you in something, they will not do it, except what Allah has decreed for you. Thus, the feathers (from the pens) are removed, and the leaves (from the books of fate) dry.” (Tirmidhi)
"O Creator of the heavens and the earth. You are my Protector in this world and the next. Make me die a Muslim (submissive to You) and join me with the virtuous." Surat Yussuf: 101.
May Allah swt bestow benefits insaAllah amin!
The Quran and practices for mental health
: http://mquran.org/content/view/6313/2/
https://muslimmentalhealth.com/
https://www.islamreligion.com/en/articles/5140/keeping-god-in-the-heart/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6696810/
https://qadrihealing.wordpress.com/quranic-treatment/
Pray: istikhara dua, Tawbah, ZIKR
Write by L B Suleyman , Ummu G Suelyman
Font Study:
Al Quran Holy
ahadith
Sunni Naqsh S Muslims
Muslim health care
Holy Quran Dr Frankie Samah
University: Bristol
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs
Allah swt says: "We send (step by step) to the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for those who believe: for the unjust, nothing causes but loss after loss."
