This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. Soam al-Likum everyone. Welcome to Amaze by the Quran, a series in which I love sharing with you things I find amazing about the Quran today.

A small expression from the Quran that is an insight to depression and sadness.

Allahazavja says, well at Tahinu, what at Tahinu, what at Ta'u al-Alan, in Kuntumu-Mupminin.

Don't feel weak.

Don't be weakened. Wahan in Arabic is actually a feeling of not being able to exercise change.

In other words, no matter what you do, things aren't changing.

Things aren't getting better.

Or your best attempts have failed and now you feel

incapable of succeeding. When that starts settling in like all my efforts have

failed or I haven't been able to accomplish. Then the next phase,

Wala, Tachzanu, and then don't be in a state of grief.

Sadness kicks in.

You've become that original paralysis,

that original failure,

it then leads you right into

Hozen. So Allah doesn't just say don't be sad. He actually went to the root cause.

The root cause was some kind of failure, some kind of disappointment, that kind of wore you down,

and it started taking away your own confidence,

your own belief that you can actually do better,

you know, Subhalle.

So Allah Aza Wajal, and he did this, by the way,

one of the places he did, this in the battle of Ojal, where Muslims suffered amazing amount of loss, an incredible amount of loss.

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