Breeze of Magic | Episode (23) | Do not be weak or sad

0:02 The breeze of dawn.

0:08 “Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed) believers.” (3:139)

0:11 The wounds are deep.

0:15 The calamity is great.

0:18 Hopes are shattered.

0:20 Hearts are in pain.

0:23 A trial the likes of which has never been seen before.

0:27 The gloating of enemies has become manifest.

0:31 The treacherous stab of the hypocrites has occurred.

0:36 How many were killed in this ordeal and mutilated.

0:40 And how many were wounded whose wounds have not yet healed.

0:44 A great number of loved ones who perished in a single day.

0:51 In this atmosphere clouded by the storms of these calamities.

0:56 Allah the Exalted says:

0:58 “Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed) believers.” (3:139)

1:01 What reassurance is this?

1:04 What consolation is this?

1:06 And what spirit of optimism is being breathed into the souls of the grieving believers?

1:12 Following the wounds of the day of Uhud.

1:14 Yet, despite all of this,

1:16 Allah forbids the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, from sadness.

1:21 He trains us thereby not to descend,

1:25 From the peak of optimism to the valley of despair,

1:29 No matter how great the ordeal or how intense the distress.

1:33 For the wounded soul,

1:35 Can only be healed by infusing hope into its veins,

1:39 Alleviating its sadness,

1:42 And giving it doses of happiness,

1:45 So that it is not killed by the wound and the grief,

1:49 Or its recovery delayed by the exacerbation of sorrow and worry,

1:54 And so that it may hasten to return to the path of action and rebuilding once more.

2:01 Thus did the Qur'anic consolation descend upon the Companions,

2:05 After the battle of Uhud,

2:07 It eased their affliction and treated their wounds,

2:12 And corrected the course after this setback.

2:16 It provided them from this very wound with protective remedies,

2:20 Shielding them from a recurrence of what they had done and what had befallen them.

2:25 If we were to trace the verses of the Noble Qur'an,

2:29 That speak of sadness,

2:33 We would not find a single verse that commands sadness.

2:39 Rather, the verses came to forbid and negate sadness,

2:43 And to praise Allah for its removal.

2:46 Regarding the prohibition of sadness, He the Exalted said:

2:50 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40)

2:54 And He said: "And do not grieve for them."

2:57 And He said: "And do not grieve for them."

3:00 “And grieve thou not for them, nor be in distress because of what they plot (against thee).” (27:70)

3:05 And He said: "And We inspired the mother of Musa to nurse him."

3:10 “And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when thou fearest for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring him back unto thee and shall make him (one) of Our messengers.” (28:7)

3:14 “And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when thou fearest for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring him back unto thee and shall make him (one) of Our messengers.” (28:7)

3:17 And He said: "And he called to her from below her, 'Do not grieve.'"

3:23 And He said: "And they said, 'Do not fear and do not grieve.'"

3:28 And He said: "Indeed, those who have said, 'Our Lord is Allah,' and then remained on a right course."

3:35 “Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and afterward are upright, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not nor grieve, but hear good tidings of the paradise which ye are promised.” (41:30)

3:41 And regarding the negation of sadness, He the Exalted said:

3:46 “When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to anyone, while the messenger, in your rear, was calling you (to fight). Therefor He rewarded you grief for (his) grief, that (He might teach) you not to sorrow either for that which ye missed or for that which befell you. Allah is Informed of what ye do.” (3:153)

3:55 “When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,” (20:40)

4:02 And He said: "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve."

4:11 “We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.” (2:38)

4:18 And regarding praising Allah for the departure of sadness, He the Exalted said:

4:23 And He said: "Praise to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative."

4:32 The verses on this subject are numerous.

4:36 If we were to follow them, reflect upon them, and examine their themes,

4:42 We would find many pains,

4:45 Yet the Qur'anic guidance comes to uproot the veins of sadness from the path of the one traveling toward Allah,

4:53 Because if left, it would hinder the travelers from reaching the goal or slow their journey.

5:02 So beware, O wise one, of remaining in the crucible of sadness,

5:07 And dwelling within its narrow walls, for there is no benefit in it.

5:13 Rather, harm is inevitable by persisting in it, and the intelligent person realizes this.

5:21 So do not grieve, for sadness is a blemish, and do not despair, for despair is a falsehood.

5:30 Hasten to depart from its land before its painful consequences prey upon you.

5:37 And know that if you grieve over a worldly loss,

5:41 Then dismiss that sadness with your certainty that you will depart from this world without it.

5:47 If your worldly life turns away from you, do not grieve over it,

5:53 For you will only depart from it just as you came to it.

5:58 And no matter how intense and widespread sadness becomes, it will inevitably depart.

6:03 So be the one who hastens its departure.

6:08 Be patient with the harm that has befallen you, for thus have the ages passed.

6:13 Joy and sadness by turns; neither sadness lasts, nor does happiness.

Breeze of Magic | Episode (23) | Do not be weak or sad

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