💚🏥 TREATMENTS FOR THE SOUL 🧘✨
🎯 Objective
To understand the treatments 💊 of illnesses 🏥 of the soul 🧘.
Another unique contribution ⭐ of Hazrat Imam Ghazali 👨🏫 is the treatment 💊 for the illnesses 😷 of the soul 🧘.
🌟💊 Treatments of the Souls
Hazrat Imam Ghazali 👨🏫 talked about following Islamic 🕌 treatments 💊:
- 🙏😢 Tawba (Repentance)
- ⏳🙏 Sabr o Shukr (Patience 💪 and Gratitude 🤲)
- ❤️😨 Khauf o Rija (Fear 😰 and Hope 🙏)
- 🕌🤲 Faqr o Zuhd (Spiritual Poverty 💔 and Asceticism 🚫💰)
- 💫❤️ Niyyat o Ikhlaas (Intention 🎯 and Sincerity 💯)
- 🧘🪞 Muhasiba o Muraqiba (Self-accountability 📋 and Meditation 🧘)
- 🤔💡 Taffakkur (Contemplation 🌌)
- ☪️☝️ Tawhid o Tawwakkul (Unity of God 🕋 and Trust 🤝)
- ❤️🔥🔥 Shauq o Muhabbat (Passion 💕 and Love ❤️)
- ⚰️💀 Thinking about Death 🪦 and Aakhirat 🌅
🙏😢 Tawba (Repentance) 🔄
Tawba 🙏 is the basic process ⚙️ of the Islamic 🕌 treatment 💊 of mental illnesses 🧠🏥. Repentance 😢 (tawba) means that one feels regret 😔 and, filled with remorse 💔 for his or her sins ❌, turns 🔄 to God 🕋 with the intention 🎯 to obey Him ✅. Repentance means regaining 🔄 one's essential purity ✨ and engaging in frequent self-renewal 🌱.
The stages 📊 of repentance 🙏 are:
- 💔😢 Feeling sincere remorse 😭 and regret 😔
- 😰😨 Being frightened 😱 whenever one remembers 🧠 past sins ❌
- ⚖️✅ Trying to eradicate 🚫 injustice ❌ and support ✅ justice ⚖️ and right ✔️
- 📋✅ Reviewing one's responsibilities 📝 and performing obligations 📋 previously neglected 🚫
- 🔄🌱 Reforming oneself by removing 🚫 spiritual defects 💔 caused by deviation ↪️ and error ❌
- ⏰😢 Regretting 😔 and lamenting 😭 the times ⏳ when one did not mention 🗣️ or remember 🧠 God 🕋
On sincere repentance 🙏, Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi 👨🏫 says 💬:
"I have repented 🙏 and turned 🔄 to God 🕋 so sincerely 💯
That I will not break 💔 [the vow of penitence 🤝] until my soul 🧘 leaves my body 👤.
In fact, who other than an ass 🫏 steps toward perdition 💀
After having suffered 😣 so much trouble 😰 (on account of his sins ❌)?"
⏳💪 Sabr o Shukr (Patience and Gratitude 🙏)
Sabar ⏳ is much more than mere patience 😤. As a Muslim ☪️, we believe 🤲 that all problems 😰 come from Allah 🕋, so do "Sabar" ⏳ if someone dies 💀 but do not leave hope 🙏 if you encounter any problem 😟. Sabar is more like persistence 💪.
Shukar 🙏 means thanking 🙏 Allah 🕋 for all His blessings ✨ - not only when you get 📥 anything but even at that time ⏳ when you lose 📤 something. You can find many reasons 📋 to say "Alhamdulliah" 🙏✨.
❤️😨 Khauf o Rija (Fear and Hope 🙏)
Although it seems a pair 🔗 of two opposites ↔️, it has a deep link 🔗. Fear 😨 of Allah 🕋 with the hope 🙏 of "Nijat" (salvation 🛡️) and paradise 🏛️✨.
🕌🤲 Faqr o Zuhd (Spiritual Poverty 💔 and Asceticism 🚫💰)
Surrendering 🏳️ to Allah 🕋, begging 🤲 all things from Him - not on roads 🛤️ and from anyone else 👥. Prayers 🙏 and Zikar Allah 🕋 heals 💊 all the diseases 🏥.
💫❤️ Niyyat o Ikhlaas (Intention 🎯 and Sincerity 💯)
All actions 💪 with good intentions 🎯✅ and sincerity 💯 are another treatment 💊. All actions are purely for Allah 🕋.
🧘🪞 Muhasiba o Muraqiba (Self-Accountability 📋 and Meditation 🧘)
It means meditation 🧘, a state and process ⚙️ of focusing 🎯 and centering ⚖️. Like meditation 🧘 of death 💀 and grave ⚰️ can avoid 🚫 an individual 👤 from wrong deeds ❌.
🤔💡 Taffakkur (Contemplation 🌌)
Taffakkur 🤔 alone is a complete treatment 💊 for many illnesses 🏥 of soul 🧘. Thinking 🧠 about nature 🌿, universe 🌌, all blessings ✨ of Allah 🕋, and the purpose 🎯 of human creation 👤.
☪️☝️ Tawhid o Tawwakkul (Unity and Trust 🤝 in Allah 🕋)
Firm belief 💪🤲 that Allah 🕋 is only one ☝️. Unity of Allah's 🕋 Worship 🙏 and only He is my lawyer ⚖️ and beneficial 🌟.
Hope 🙏 (Tawakkul): Tawakkul 🤝 is greatly associated 🔗 with worship 🙏, as Allah 🕋 says 💬: "So worship Him 🙏 (O Muhammad ﷺ (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam)) and have Tawakkul 🤝 in Him." "And put your trust 🤝 in the Living One ☝️, Who will never die 🚫💀, and glorify 🌟 His praises 🙏; Sufficient He is ✅, in being aware 👀 of the sins ❌ of His Ibaad 👥 (worshipers 🙏)."
Therefore, to place trust 🤝 in other than Allah 🕋, in matters in which Allah 🕋 alone can help 🆘, is Shirk 🚫⚠️. This applies to all other worships 🙏 of the heart ❤️, like fear 😨 and sincerity 💯.
❤️🔥🔥 Shauq o Muhabbat (Passion 💕 and Love ❤️)
Prayers 🙏 should include the element 🧩 of passionate love ❤️🔥 for Allah 🕋 and intense devotion 💪 along with fear 😨, hope 🙏 and firm belief 🤲.
⚰️💀 Thinking About Death 🪦 and Aakhirat 🌅
Also keeps 🛡️ an individual 👤 from crimes 🚔, sins ❌, violence 👊 and aggression 😠.
📚✨ Islamic Model: Summary 📋
- 🚫📖 Literalism is to be avoided ⚠️
- 📖❌ Literalism comes from juhul (ignorance 🧠🚫)
- ✨🕌 The spirit of Islamic Shariat 📜 must be grasped 🤲
- 🎓📚 This is possible only with knowledge 🧠
- 🧠🕋 Knowledge of the self 👤 leads to knowledge of God 🕋✨