Help Me! My World is Falling Apart
I feel frantic
like my world is caving in on me. Everything is falling
apart and nothing is coming together.
Help is only
with Allah, My Sustainer. I remember the call of Prophet
Jacob, "I only complain of my distress to
Allah and I
know from Allah that which ye know not." (qala inna ma
ashkoo bathee wa huznee illah laah)
I call on
Allah to ease my suffering as only He can ease the
suffering of His devoted servants. Only I'm not
devoted, I'm not worthy, I'm not of the patient or the
steadfast. I'm striving to just be...
I know 'qala
inna ma ashkoo bathee wa huznee illah laah'. I only
complain of my distress to Allah and
I know from
Allah that which ye know not.
What can a
believing servant do, when the pain becomes unbearable?
'Qala inna ma ashkoo bathee
wa huznee illah laah'.
Call on Allah in prayer - Make a prayer of deep
devotion supplicating to Allah and begging Allah for
Mercy.
As only He can give Mercy to his devoted
servants. Make wudu the way the prophet (peace be upon
him) taught.
Don't be hasty in making wudu and think
of it inshallah as your last wudu. The wudu that you
want to perfect for
Allah, the Lord and Sustainer of
the Worlds. After making wudu, begin your prayer with
deep devotion, recite a long
surah and take your
time. When prostrating make dua asking Allah to ease
your pain. Recite all of the duas of the
distressed.
As only Allah can ease the pain of the one in distress.
Pray this prayer as if this is your last and
supplicate and beseech Allah much, calling on Allah with
His most beautiful names, 'Al Hayyu Al Qiyuum.'
When
you finish your prayer, continue calling and beseeching
Allah with the duas of the distressed. Then read through
the hadith of the prophet describing how the companions
of the prophet (peace be upon him)
coped with stress.