There are so many sadness, so many fears that are always hitting your heart, one way or the other. Slamming you from right and left, this way and that way. It feels like a violent oceans inside each and everyone of us.
Even if we look normal on the outside, there's a lot going on inside. We all know that there's a lot of struggle that we are handling all at the same time. So, how do we take this violent ocean? The struggle of the heart. The constant feeling of uneasiness, always angry or feeling anxious of something.
Knowing that you are withholding your anger, you are withholding your sadness or maybe you are not holding it but having an outburst. How do you take these things that are making you always experiencing an earthquake or a tsunami even? How do you calm it down?
Allah said in the Al Quran, Surah Ar Ra'd:23:
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٢٨
those who believe and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Surely in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find comfort.
(yaitu) orang-orang yang beriman dan hati mereka manjadi tenteram dengan mengingat Allah. Ingatlah, hanya dengan mengingati Allah-lah hati menjadi tenteram.
So, to calm that turbulence, remember Allah swt.
And how do you do that?
Surah Al Muzammil.
When you feel stress over work or house chores or even our children's behaviour. - Surah Al Muzzamil
When you feel that you somehow lost connection with Allah swt. Even when performing prayer. - Surah Al Muzzammil
When you feel that you are lost or don't feel your heart anymore - Surah Al Muzzammil
When you feel that all the psychological, emotional and spiritual problem coming crashing to you in every moment, Allah swt is offering the solution to them.
Surah Al Muzzammil: 2-4
قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا ٢
Stand all night ˹in prayer˺ except a little—
(bangunlah (untuk salat) di malam hari, kecuali sedikit (darinya),)
نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ٣
˹pray˺ half the night, or a little less,
((yaitu) seperduanya atau kurangilah dari seperdua itu sedikit.)
أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا ٤
or a little more—and recite the Quran ˹properly˺ in a measured way.
(atau lebih dari seperdua itu. Dan bacalah Al-Qur`ān itu dengan perlahan-lahan.)
