{"id":39265,"date":"2020-10-16T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=39265"},"modified":"2020-10-15T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:10:44","slug":"dealing-with-disappointment-accept-your-humanness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/dealing-with-disappointment-accept-your-humanness\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Disappointment &#8211; Accept Your Humanness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>5. Accepting Your Humanness<\/strong><br \/>\nMany of our cultures don\u2019t acknowledge the validity of emotions \u2013 we\u2019re taught from a young age that certain emotions are good and others are bad. So instead of learning how to accept and deal with our emotions, we\u2019re taught that it\u2019s better to bury them.<\/p>\n<p>We are not emotionless beings, though. We were never meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what our culture dictates, we experience very intense emotional states. We have the potential to accomplish great things and to reach high states of faith, but we are also susceptible to pain, sadness, and anger. We have to accept that feeling these things isn\u2019t a form of weakness; it\u2019s just the reality of how we were created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>One of the best examples of this is the incident of Maryam A.S. when she was in labour with Isa A.S. Allah Ta\u2019aala says:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u0641\u064e\u0623\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u062e\u064e\u0627\u0636\u064f \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u062c\u0650\u0630\u0652\u0639\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u062e\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0646\u0650\u064a \u0645\u0650\u062a\u0651\u064f \u0642\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0670\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0646\u064e\u0633\u0652\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064b\u0627<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u201cAnd the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten.\u201d (19:23)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Allah Ta\u2019aala didn\u2019t respond to her cries by harshly saying, \u201cDo not wish for death!\u201d or \u201cBe more patient!\u201d Rather, it was said to her out of a great and wonderful mercy:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u0641\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u062a\u064e\u062d\u0652\u062a\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0632\u064e\u0646\u0650\u064a \u0642\u064e\u062f\u0652 \u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0651\u064f\u0643\u0650 \u062a\u064e\u062d\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0643\u0650 \u0633\u064e\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064b\u0627<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u201c\u2026Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.\u201d (19:24)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>How merciful Allah is to have shown us such a human and authentic example of a woman who was in so much pain that she uttered her wish for death. Allah Ta\u2019aala demonstrates to us how He responded with assurance, mercy, and love: \u201cDo not grieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allah Ta\u2019aala created us and understands that we have great weaknesses and that we are flawed and imperfect. Even the greatest men and women were human; they grieved just as we do, they felt with just as much intensity as we feel.<\/p>\n<p>So even if you say or do something you regret, Allah Ta\u2019aala is the Most Forgiving. As long as you\u2019re alive, you still have the chance to redeem yourself. You still have the chance to reclaim the patience and constancy that you thought were lost to you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5. Accepting Your Humanness Many of our cultures don\u2019t acknowledge the validity of emotions \u2013 we\u2019re taught from a young age that certain emotions are good and others are bad. So instead of learning how to accept and deal with our emotions, we\u2019re taught that it\u2019s better to bury them. 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