Tasbi for tension
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I am very much
tense i have different different thoughts. I want get out of it so please tell me a tasbi for that.
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Answer:
Tasbi for tension
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah says in Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzab verse 21:There is indeed the best example for you to follow, in the Messenger of Allah, for every
such person looks forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much.
The Prophet (saws) of Allah went
through many trials and tribulations at the hands of the disbelievers, and he always turned to Allah for help
in every act of his life. He
is our example and we have to learn to copy his example in every act of ours.
The Prophet (saws)
said in an authentic narration: “The best of ‘dhikr’ is the following: Laa
Ilaha illallaho, wahdahu, laa
shareeka lahu, lahul mulk, wala
hul hamd, wa howa alaa kulle
shayin kadeer.” (meaning,
there is no god worthy of worship, except Allah Alone. He is One. He does not have any partners or associates. To Him belongs the sovereignity
and Kingdom. All Praises are
only for Him Alone. He Alone
has Power over everything.)
I will try to explain the above
tasbeeh in some detail:
Laa ilaaha illah.
We testify that there no god, no
prophet, no angel, no imam, no leader, nobody: worthy of worship, except Allah Alone. He is our Creator, and the Creator of everything that
exists. Thus he alone deserves our
worship and He alone deserves all our rites of worship. Nobody is worthy of worship and
invocation except Allah Alone.
Wahdahu:
We testify that Allah is
One. He is Unique. There is
nothing in the universe like unto Him.
He Alone is the Creator, Sustainer, and Provider of everything that exists.
Laa shareeka lahu:
Allah has absolutely no partners
in His Godhead. He Alone Creates
everything, and He Alone controls all the aspects of Creation. Nobody can even create a fly on
this earth, and He Alone Creates
everything. All things are
accountable to Him Alone, and He is accountable to no one. He has absolutely no associates and has
not given any of His Powers to anybody.
Lahul Mulk:
He is Sovereign King and Master
of the Universe. Everything
is born, moves and works by His Command Alone. Everything is subdued in His Presence. He Alone is the owner of
everything that exists. He
is King of all the kings, He is
Emperor of all the emperors, He is
Master of all the masters!! To Him
Alone belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth and
whatever is between it. We
are His slaves and He Alone is our Owner and Master. That is our Lord.
Wala hul hamd:
All the praises belong to Allah
Alone. He creates
everything. He provides for
everyone. Thus He Alone deserves
all the thanks and praises for everything. When He decides to give, nobody can withhold,
and when He decides to take,
no combination of people can give it to us. Everything in creation praises his Greatness and
Majesty, and nobody deserves any
praise and thanks, except Allah
Alone.
Wa howa alaa kulle
shayin kadeer:
All the Power is vested in Allah
Alone. He is undoubtedly the
Most Powerful. Nobody dare
talk or move in His Presence,
without His Permission.
He controls every aspect of the universe Alone. He Alone has the power to bestow
good, He Alone has the power to
decree a trial, and He Alone has
the Power to create or destroy.
Nobody, and no combination
of people, have any power
whatsoever in this world, compared
to the Power of Allah Subhanah.
That is Allah, our Lord and
the Lord of all creation!
The other tasbeeh that our
beloved Prophet(saws) did regularly and exhorted the believers to do is :
Subhanah Allah : Allah o Akbar :
Alhamdo lillah.
Subhan Allah:
It means Glory be to Allah
Alone, Who created everything in
existance. He is free from
any and all deficiencies. He is
the All Mighty, All Wise, All Knowing, All Superior.
Nothing, absolutely
nothing, is comparable to Him in
any way. His names are the best
and His attributes are the best.
He is our Lord and the Lord of everything that exists.
Allah o Akbar:
Allah is the Greatest. No one has any power, and all the Power is vested in Him
Alone. He Alone has the Power to
give and take anything He wants.
He is accountable to no one,
and everything in creation is accountable to Him. He does whatever He wants, and nobody has any say or opinion in
whatever He does. He is the
All Mighty, All Powerful.
Al hamdo lillah:
All ‘shukr’ and praises and
thanks belong to Him Alone. He
Alone creates everything that exists,
and He Alone provides for their existance. Thus He Alone deserves to be thanked and praised.
Thus the ‘tasbeeh’ of Allah Alone deserves to be done. Everything in creation sings His
Praises and He Alone deserves to be praised. Nobody has any share in the creation of the heavens
and earth and everything that exists in between.
The thing to remember here is
that there is no particular number of times any tasbeeh has to be done. Islam is not a religion or deen
of ‘jantar-mantar’, whereby one
just repeats something a million times,
without knowing what it means. When one understands and recognizes his Lord and
Creator, the ‘tasbeeh’ or praise
overflows from the heart and the continuation of that spirit is that one utters
the Praises of Allah with his mouth. But if someone does ‘tasbeeh’ verbally without feeling
and understanding the actual meanings of the words, without any recognition of His Greatness and His
Powers, it cannot bring him any
contentment and peace.
It is proven from the authentic
narrations of the Prophet (saws) that he (saws) remembered Allah in everything
he did. When he woke up, he praised Allah. When he ate or drank something, he praised Allah.
When he went out of the house,
he praised Allah. When he
sat on his horse, he praised
Allah. When he met someone, he praised Allah. When he received something, he praised Allah. When he came back home, he
praised Allah. When he went to
sleep, he praised Allah. All his life, in whatever he did, he always remembered Allah and His
favors. As believers, we must do the same and remember Allah
in everything we do, if indeed we
want contentment of the heart.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 surah Ale Imran verse 190-194:In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of the night and
day, there are many signs for the
people who understand. Who
standing, and sitting, and lying down remember Allah, and reflect upon the wonders of the
structure of the earth and the heavens. Then they cry out spontaneously, “ Our Lord, You have not created all this in
vain, for you are free from doing
such a thing. So save us from the torment of Hell-Fire. For, O Lord, surely
You will have abased him, whom You
will cast into the fire of Hell.
Then such workers of iniquity shall have no helper at all. O Lord, we hear a caller,
who invited us to the Faith,
saying, “Believe in your
Lord”, and we accepted his
invitation. So, our Lord, forgive us our sins and remit our evil deeds, and let our
end be with the righteous people.
Lord, fulfil the promises
You have made to us through Your Messengers, and do not put us to shame on the Day of Resurrection, for You never go against Your
Promises.”
Unfortunately, today our state is that we think we
must be successful in this world,
and exert our utmost in collecting wealth and honor in this world. Our whole life revolves around
attaining material success in this world.
But Allah wants us to live this life in His rememberance and
worship, and submit our will to His, so that we can be successful in the
hereafter. He and His
Messenger (saws) are inviting us to the life of the hereafter, where there will be no trials, no sorrow, no fear and no grief. Only eternal happiness and contentment, and the life of living in bliss and
peace. There, one will get
from His Lord, whatever one would desire!!
So if today one is worried about
his finances, or health, or
sickness, or family, or the death of a loved one…. We must remember that these are
just trials of this life and can only last for a limited time, and all this will stop when one stops
breathing! This is in no way
eternal … but the life of the hereafter is eternal and unto eternity!!! The real worry of the believer
should not be the tribulations of this world, but rather the eternal life of the hereafter, and what has he prepared for that
life. All the wealth and
children and power of this life will be left behind when one dies, and nothing but his good deeds will
follow him as a sustenance for the hereafter. There Allah will not ask you how much wealth and
children you accumulated, but
rather what good deeds did you do in the life gone by. We must also remember that all
good and bad comes from Allah Alone as a test in this world. We have to be thankful when
everything is going right, and
patient when put in a trial by Allah. Nobody has the power to give or take anything from
us, except that Allah wills
it.
Thus if you are facing some
trials in your life, it is best to
be patient and remember Allah and supplicate him to make these trials easy for
you.
The Prophet (saws)
said in an authentic narration: “On the Day of Judgment, Allah will take a
person who lived his whole worldly life in trials and tribulations of poverty,
ill-health, no children, no authority and misery. Then the All Merciful will just dip this person into
one of the rivers of
Man has tried everything to
reach the state of contentment in this world by his experience. He has collected wealth, children, honor,
authority, etc. But
for some reason this ‘contentment’ is always beyond his reach. Even the one who seemingly has
everything in this world, is
always complaining and is short of ‘contentment’. Allah gives a one-line recipe for the believers to
attain this state of ‘contentment’ in this life, in the Holy Quran. It has nothing to do with
wealth, health, children, honor or authority….It has to do with the remembrance of
Allah.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 13 Surah Raad verse 28-29:The people who have accepted (the Message), their hearts find
comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Note it well!, that is Allah’s remembrance Alone that
brings contentment to the hearts!
Blessed are those who have accepted the Message and done righteous
deeds. They will have a good
end.
Thus my dear brother, whatever trials and tribulations you
are facing at this time, please
try to remember Allah as much as you can. However huge and insurmountable they may seem to you
now, please remember that they are
only a trial, and Allah is testing
you. Be patient and remember
sitting, standing and lying down.
Allah will reward you for your patience. And remember that all these trials put together, fade
far away in comparison to the life of the hereafter. What should really worry a believer is what has he
prepared for the life of the ‘aakherah’.
May Allah make our trials easy for
us, and guide us to remember Him
at all times. May Allah
grant us patience when in trial and make us thankful for the favors He has
bestowed upon us. May Allah
guide you and us all to understand the guidance of the Holy Quran. May Allah have mercy on all
mankind and guide whoever wants to be guided to the Straight Path. Ameen.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best
and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister