How to Calm Our Hearts
When sadness and fear feel like a huge ocean inside our hearts, Surah al-Muzzammil teaches us to find calm by turning back to Allah, especially in the quiet moments of the night. Allah tells us:
When sadness and fear feel like a huge ocean inside our hearts, Surah al-Muzzammil teaches us to find calm by turning back to Allah, especially in the quiet moments of the night. Allah tells us:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ ﴿١﴾ قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ﴿٢﴾ نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ﴿٣﴾ أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا ﴿٤﴾﴾
“Stand [for prayer] at night, except a little—half of it, or a little less, or a little more. And recite the Qur’an slowly and clearly” (Quran, al-Muzzammil 73:2–4).
These ayahs remind us that peaceful worship softens the pain inside us and brings strength we cannot find anywhere else. Allah also says:
These ayahs remind us that peaceful worship softens the pain inside us and brings strength we cannot find anywhere else. Allah also says:
وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا ﴿٨﴾
“And remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him completely” (Quran, al-Muzzammil 73:8).
And He promises,
And He promises,
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ﴿٢٨﴾
“Truly, in the remembrance of Allah, hearts find rest” (Quran, Ar-Ra'd 13:28).
When we remember Him, the waves within us settle, and our hearts finally feel calm again.
When we remember Him, the waves within us settle, and our hearts finally feel calm again.
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