Reading the therapeutic contract in the Quran

Thought of the day

Day # 1

Ramadan is the month of Quran and I would like to invite you this month while we seek the benefits of these blessed days and nights to read the therapeutic contract within the verses of the suras that promise us healing, peace of heart and peace of mind. When we engage with therapy, (and to Allah belongs the utmost example of perfection), we go to our therapist with a demand or a problem. We go to someone we know has credentials and expertise to be able to understand our predicaments and help us understand something about them. We tell him our presenting issues and begin therapy.

I invite you to begin your reading with that understanding in mind and note the importance of Surat Al Fatiha. It is our contracting with God Exalted is He. We go to him with that demand. It is then understandable why no prayer is valid without al Fatiha, because every prayer is a reminder of this contract we initiated and an act of engagement that reminds us that God is present for us and we should call upon him at least 5 times a day to remind ourselves.

Surat Al-Fatiha

The Opening

1:1  In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy

1:2  Praise belongs to God, Lord of the Worlds

1:3  the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy

1:4  Master of the Day of Judgement

1:5  It is You we worship; it is You we ask for help

1:6  Guide us to the straight path

1:7 the path of those You have blessed, those who incur no anger and who have not gone astray

So how does God respond?

TBC…

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