Based on the Qur’an, remembrance of God is the only treatment which helps human beings to overcome depression and absurdity.
It seems that many people, irrespective of their religion, position and class in the society, suffer from depression and absurdity. People who have feelings of depression or absurdity, depending on the levels of depression, lose their hope, accordingly life has no meaning for them anymore. Suicide and addiction are two direct, dangerous and destructive consequences of such feelings. Stress and fear are two main causes of this problem.
Actually, in our modern time calmness and peace are what everybody is looking for. Many people suppose that success can bring them calmness. So they keep making one success after another and this non-stop process just makes them tired, and we see that even successful people suffer from depression, because every success will bring a short satisfaction and calmness to our life not the endless one.
Although psychologists have studied the problem from different angles and perspectives to recognize the origins of this mental issue, we are going to see what the Qur’an suggests man to overcome it.
Based on the Qur’an, how can we reach to the endless peace and calmness? According to the Qur’an, God’s remembrance is the only thing that brings endless peace and calmness to human beings:
“Those who believe and whose hearts are at peace in the remembrance of God. Are not hearts at peace in the remembrance of God?” [1]
Indeed, when one forgets God depression will surround oneself from different directions:
“And whoever turns away from My remembrance – indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind.” [2]
Notes:
[1] Chapter 13, verse 28. الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ
[2] Chapter 20, verse 124. وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ أَعْمَى