Quranic Tips for Strong Mental Health | Sr Isra Altayar

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In this blessed month of the Quran, how can we use it to strengthen mental health? #mentalhealth #ramadan

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[0:02][Music] quite often when we see someone struggling with their mental well-being

[0:26]they ask a fundamental question and that's am I lacking in my

[0:32]my faith one in four people in the UK are reported to

[0:34]struggle with their mental health and one in eight worldwide with more

[0:41]women reported to be struggling than men and these numbers may be

[0:44]a lot higher because we know that so many people still suffer

[0:48]in silence so even though even with these conservative numbers every single

[0:54]one of us will either have experienced mental health struggles or know

[1:00]someone close to us who who has or is struggling most commonly

[1:03]we see things like anxiety depression OCD or even more severe symptoms

[1:10]like Suicidal Thoughts something really important that we must all remember is

[1:17]that although there are certainly some protective factors such as having family

[1:23]or faith or religion these are not by any way immunity to

[1:26]mental health struggles for some people who have never struggled with mental

[1:30]Health they may see it as a form of weakness or a

[1:35]lack of faith and that's certainly not true emotions are normal human

[1:40]feelings and they have energy they can impact Us in profound ways

[1:43]and come at any time and for so many it may seem

[1:48]unclear to them why or how they come to be feeling what

[1:52]they are feeling or going through what they're going through so many

[1:57]factors can impact our chances of struggling with mental health such as

[2:03]family upbringing life experiences or traumas or even personality types the impact

[2:09]of traumatic experience will affect different people differently but what's important to

[2:14]remember is that all of th those emotions that the person is

[2:17]feeling are real to them and we should never belittle someone's experience

[2:22]or someone's feeling as Muslims we can turn to the Quran and

[2:27]realize that Allah teaches us so much about well-being and emotions through

[2:31]the stories in the Quran uh when we look at the story

[2:37]of prophet y we begin to understand the immense feeling of grief

[2:42]such that it made him blind when we look at the story

[2:44]of sayam who's a model to us all and we learn what

[2:50]she says when she is birthing Prophet Isa or Jesus she says

[2:56]I wish I was dead before this when we look at the

[2:58]story of prophet Musa and the fear that he felt at different

[3:02]stages of the mission that he had in facing he says oh

[3:22]my Lord surely I fear that they will reject me or not

[3:27]believe what they are saying and my chest tightens and my tongue

[3:32]is not eloquent therefore send for for Haron or Aaron to help

[3:39]me and they have a crime against me therefore I fear that

[3:43]they may slay me or when we look at the story of

[3:48]our own beloved prophet and the pain and hurt that he went

[3:51]through at different stages of his life for example when it Allah

[3:54]says in the Quran and this wasn't even about himself but rather

[4:03]it was the pain that he felt when the mush or the

[4:08]non-believers spoke with their words of sh Allah says we certainly know

[4:13]that your chest is tightened by what they say and all of

[4:16]these feelings from all of these stories and so much more tells

[4:22]us that we are all human they're all human feelings but what

[4:25]the Quran teaches us is that they are powerful these feelings are

[4:31]are powerful but we are also created in powerful way to take

[4:35]action and not allow those emotions to lead us away from our

[4:38]F or our purpose so when we look at those stories that

[4:44]we mentioned in the Quran what do we see how did this

[4:45]these prophets and those people react we see that Prophet Yak stayed

[4:54]faithful and strong despite his grief and he said I only complain

[5:03]of my suffering and my grief to Allah and I know from

[5:08]Allah that which you do not know he knew he had full

[5:10]faith that Allah knows best and in what Allah's plan is we

[5:15]see the story of maram sayam she didn't hide away but rather

[5:21]picked up her son and went to face the people that she

[5:23]feared of because of their judgment maybe towards her but she had

[5:29]that trust in Allah that he will will reveal to them the

[5:32]truth of her pure character and when we look at Musa despite

[5:36]the fear and the stammer in his speech Prophet Musa didn't shy

[5:42]away from his mission or his purpose and was not scared of

[5:45]asking for help as well when he needed it from his for

[5:48]his brother to join him on the mission and what he did

[5:53]was he remained strong and he went ahead and he saved bani

[5:55]is from far and even at the point where he was in

[6:01]front of the Sea and the army of f were behind him

[6:05]we see that b is gave up at that point they lost

[6:09]faith they said what have you done to us that we will

[6:11]die they thought they will die at the stage but Prophet Musa

[6:16]held strong to his faith he said that my Lord is with

[6:22]me and he will guide me so he didn't fear the the

[6:25]situation didn't give up on it but he also didn't fear asking

[6:29]for help so we learn from that that asking for help isn't

[6:32]a sign of weakness but rather a sign of strength to grow

[6:36]in our faith and also to fulfill a mission looking through the

[6:42]Quran we also know that while all these emotions are felt and

[6:46]that they are real but Allah also teaches us techniques of self-help

[6:50]in the Quran the first one we'll mention five here that are

[6:54]mentioned in the Quran inshallah there are so many more that you

[6:59]can touch on number one is the constant of allaha be it

[7:06]from general or Salah the of Allah connects us connects us with

[7:11]infinite power and eternal hope it connects us with the only one

[7:17]Allah who can help us in any struggle that we may face

[7:19]he has the one he is the one that created us and

[7:23]he will heal us and guide us all we need to do

[7:27]is turn to him and connect with him inshallah number two and

[7:30]that's shukur or gratitude what shukur does it expands our mindset to

[7:35]an abundance one the one that notices and feels what we have

[7:38]already in our life rather than being focused on a scarcity mindset

[7:45]that just focuses on what we may lack practical gratitude goes even

[7:49]further which is striving to use all the blessings and the N

[7:55]that Allah has given us to worship Him and serve him through

[7:57]them and so rather than submitting to our feelings that are maybe

[8:05]keeping us down practical shukur allows us to get up to serve

[8:08]and to grow and have a more positive inshallah and practical mindset

[8:12]the third one is suud Du and when Allah speaks of his

[8:18]Prophet Muhammad and he said as we mentioned earlier Allah straight away

[8:29]gives the remedy for that and he says do and and what

[8:36]that does it grounds us to where we are and where we

[8:41]are going inshallah and that's to Allah subhana wa tala the fourth

[8:47]one is W doing those mindfully we can visualize ourself washing away

[8:53]our doubts our fears sins shortcomings and connecting more with the purity

[8:59]of our soul and the F that Allah subhana tala has given

[9:03]us and the fifth one is selfworth through affirmations or connecting to

[9:09]purpose Allah created us with a purpose and with our unique skills

[9:13]and ability and Allah wants to see us use see us value

[9:18]oursel and use the skills that he has given us in a

[9:21]meaningful way so positive meaningful God Centric affirmations allows us to connect

[9:28]to him and start living a more meaningful life of service rather

[9:31]than being distracted by our own thoughts or superficial adornments of this

[9:36]dun and remember lastly that strength comes sometimes from asking for help

[9:43]that these help self-help strategies are there but when we need to

[9:48]we are a community where we can rely on each other and

[9:51]we must choose to get better rather than suffer in silence and

[9:56]so inshallah for anyone who is struggling inshallah this has helped and

[10:01]inshallah it's giving you hope and belief that you can and you

[10:04]will get better just strive and turn to Allah inshah Allah is

[10:10]with you and he will guide you to heal [Applause] [Music]

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