This aayah serves as a perfect answer to those questions, reminding us that life in this world is temporary and that Aakhira is certainly a better, more permanent place for us than this world could ever be. Many times when we’re depressed we think: Is this all my life is going to be? Is it never going to get better? Walal-aakhiratu khairul laka minal-oola- And the Hereafter is better for you than the first. This is a very powerful verse from Allah telling us that He doesn’t hate us and hasn’t forgotten us– reminding the depressed person that He is always by his or her side! Ma wad da’aka rabbuka wa ma qalaa- Your Lord has not taken leave of you,, nor has He detested. This aayah reminds us to use the night as a comfort to ease our distress. Generally when we’re depressed, we tend to get into a very bad sleep pattern by staying up at night and sleeping all day, thereby worsening our state of mind. Why is this aayah immediately talking about darkness? As a reminder to us that the night is meant to cover and give us comfort and rest.
Wal laili iza sajaa- And the night when it covers with darkness, This is the first thing you need to hear when you’re depressed: W ake up, look at the sunshine! Everything in life is not doom and gloom– you just have to look up! From it we too can find peace, hope, and a renewed faith in Allah when we go through similar states of depression, sadness, and hopelessness. Surah Ad-Duha was revealed to the Prophet (saw) to relieve him of these negative feelings and to give him hope, positivity, and the assurance that Allah is with him no matter what. This surah was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (saw) at a time when he had not received any revelation for six months, not even in the form of a dream! The Prophet (saw) was in a very disturbed state of mind, feeling negative and depressed and believing that Allah was displeased with him, had forgotten him, and did not want him as a Nabi anymore.ĭon’t we have similar feelings in our lives? Times when our level of imaan is low, our khushoo in salah wavers and we feel a drop in our connection with Allah? We feel like our duas are not being answered, our salah is not having a positive impact on our hearts, and worst of all the feeling that we’re horrible human beings, that Allah doesn’t love us or doesn’t care about us anymore. How many of us, though, have actually gone into the reason behind its revelation and derived the lessons and implications this surah has in our lives?
Many of us know surah ad-duha off by heart and have probably read its meaning many times as well, which seems quite straightforward.
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