7. Depression Management in Islam

✅Problem: Mission Unaccomplished

✅Solution: Seeks Allah’s Help

When we are given a challenging task, we tried our level best to make it a success by putting all our efforts and resources; But end of the day the mission remains unaccomplished.

Imagine the feeling of the person Incharge, whereas he has not left any stone unturned. All the time and efforts utilized by him will run as a film reel before him. Such scenarios take people towards depression as the world will consider his project and ultimately him as failure.

In such situations Allah present before us the stories of Our Beloved prophets who spends many years (Sometime Centuries) guiding the people towards salvation and success. Their message was true, Efforts were genuine, Intentions were pure. It’s their audience failure.

When we find ourselves in such situations, we must review

📍Was our vision clear? If not, need to clarify

📍Did we use proper tools? If not, develop mechanism

📍Was our intentions sincere? If not, Purify ourselves

📍Did we put all efforts and resources? If not, enhance resources

📍Was the team efficient? If not, regroup the team.

✅If answer for the above are yes. Then don’t despair and consider it not a failure. Seek Allah’s Help to come out of this situation safely.

📌 Learn lessons from the experience and move ahead in life. 📌 Allah says in Quran:

•          حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١١٠﴾ 

•          یہاں تک کہ جب پیغمبر لوگوں سے مایوس ہو گئے اور لوگوں نے بھی سمجھ لیا کہ اُن سے جھوٹ بولا گیا تھا، تو یکا یک ہماری مدد پیغمبروں کو پہنچ گئی پھر جب ایسا موقع آ جاتا ہے تو ہمارا قاعدہ یہ ہے کہ جسے ہم چاہتے ہیں بچا لیتے ہیں اور مجرموں پر سے تو ہمارا عذاب ٹالا ہی نہیں جا سکتا (110)

•       "(Remember) when the messengers despaired and thought that they were denied, then came unto them our help, and whom we would want were saved" (Yusuf 12:110).