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| Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| bhaloo |
| 07/12/03 at 09:00:32 |
| [slm] Al-Jaahiz, the writer, advises you to repel anxiety through reading books. It will repel boredom and depression. He said: "The book is a companion that does not praise you and does not entice you to evil. It is a friend that does not bore you and it is a neighbour that causes you no harm. It is an acquaintance that desires not to extract from you favours through flattery and it does not deceive you with duplicity and lies. When you are poring through the pages of a book, your senses are stimulated and your intellect sharpens. Furthermore, your tongue will find eloquence and grandeur. Through reading the biographies of others, you gain an appreciation of common people and you learn the ways of kings. It can even be said that you sometimes learn from the pages of a book in a month, that which you do not learn from the tongues of men in a century. All this benefit, yet no loss in wealth and no need to stand at the door of the teacher who is waiting for his fees, to learn from someone who is lower than you in manners. The book obeys you by night as it does by day, both when you are travelling and when you are at home. A book is not impaired by sleep nor does it tire in the late hours of the night. It is the teacher who is there for you whenever you are in need of it and it is the teacher, who, if you refuse to give to it, it does not refuse to give to you. If you abandon it, it does not decrease in obedience. And when all turn against you, showing you enmity, it remains by your side. As long as you are remotely attached to a book, it suffices you from having to keep company with those who are idle. It prevents you from sitting on your doorstep and watching those who pass by. It saves you from mixing with those who are frivolous in their character, who are foul in their speech, who are base in character, and who are woeful in their ignorance. If the only benefit of a book was that it keeps you from foolish daydreaming and prevents you from frivolity, it would certainly be considered to be a true friend who has given you a great favour." |
| Re: Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 07/16/03 at 21:14:19 |
| SubhaanAllaah... |
| Re: Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| Maliha |
| 07/16/03 at 22:20:03 |
| [quote author=deenb4dunya link=board=kabob;num=1058011232;start=0#1 date=07/16/03 at 21:14:19]SubhaanAllaah... [/quote] [slm] *cough* but i think someone has not read the constitution in a while :P [quote] Posts under one line and trivial posts by the same user will be deleted unless there is some valid benefit. There is no point to posts that say "I agree" or "That was funny" or "Thanks". Use Madina Mail for those and make some new friends! [/quote] i guess without saying the books the writer is talking about are religious? the Quran perhaps and other spiritual books? Because there are plenty of books that can actually misguide, and increase anxiety by creating unwanted schisms within the self... okay jus' a useless reminder:) sis, Maliha :-) [wlm] |
| Re: Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 07/16/03 at 23:05:32 |
| Assalamu Alaikum, Ouch... Sorry :(... I was just expressing the burst in my qalb that resulted from the beauty of this reminder... Kheir InshaaAllaah, guess I'll just stick to reading and staying quiet :) Jazakillaahu Khayran 4 the reminder, Wassalamu Alaikum, Deen :-) |
| Re: Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| Maliha |
| 07/16/03 at 23:11:07 |
| [slm] :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( i was just kidding...why you gotta get all sensitive on me lil sis??? sigh.. it is *i* that really needs to shut up ::) [wlm] |
| Re: Repelling anxiety/depression through reading |
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| bhaloo |
| 07/17/03 at 00:29:06 |
| [slm] [quote author=Mystic link=board=kabob;num=1058011232;start=0#2 date=07/16/03 at 22:20:03] i guess without saying the books the writer is talking about are religious? the Quran perhaps and other spiritual books? Because there are plenty of books that can actually misguide, and increase anxiety by creating unwanted schisms within the self... okay jus' a useless reminder:) [/quote] Excellent point, jazak Allah khairen |
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