Prayer for Calming the Heart and Feelings to Ensure Smooth Fasting

Kapanlagi.com - Humans are destined as emotional creatures, such as feeling sad, happy, difficult, and disappointed. However, if humans have excessive anxiety, it can have an impact on their lives, including worship to Allah SWT. Therefore, there is a prayer to calm the heart and feelings that can be practiced.

The causes of an unsettled heart can occur from various things. Among them are disasters, illness, losing loved ones, losing favorite items, being in debt, having problems with family, and others that can cause distress and anxiety.

Such feelings are indeed normal for humans. However, it is important to note that these feelings are still within normal capacity. In other words, not excessively sad, disappointed, or worried. Because Islam does not recommend that such feelings persist for too long.

In addition, these feelings are strongly recommended to be avoided when performing worship. Especially when fasting. When fasting, every Muslim is advised to control their desires, including managing their feelings and emotions.

If someone feels anxious about a problem they are facing, it will undoubtedly disturb their inner peace and disrupt their fasting. It can even affect the blessings of fasting.

Therefore, as a Muslim, it is recommended to always pray and remember Allah SWT so that the heart remains calm in performing worship. For this reason, there are prayers to calm the heart and emotions that can be practiced when feeling anxious.

So, how can we ensure that fasting goes smoothly? Here are some prayers to calm the heart and emotions that can be recited when feeling restless. These prayers are compiled from various sources.

1. Prayer for Calming the Heart and Sad Feelings

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The Arabic prayer for calming the heart and feelings is as follows:

"Allohumma inni a'uuzubika minal hammi wal hazan. wa a'udzubika minal ajzi wal kasali, wa a'udzubika minal jubni wal bukhli, wa a'udzubika min ghalabatid daini wa qohrir rijaal"

Meaning: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sadness and anxiety, I seek refuge from weakness and laziness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and stinginess, and I seek refuge in You from the grip of debt and the oppression of people."

You can recite this prayer when your heart is troubled and filled with sadness.

2. Prayer for Calming the Heart and Feelings to be Satisfied

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The Arabic prayer for calming the heart and feelings:

"Allahumma inni as'aluka nafsaan bika muthmainnah, tu'minu bilikoika, wa tardho bikodzoika, watakna'u bi'athoika"

Translation: "O Allah, I ask You for a soul that feels tranquil with You, that believes in meeting You, that is content with Your decree, and that feels sufficient with Your provision."

3. Prayer for Calming the Heart and Feelings Seeking Help

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The Arabic prayer for calming the heart and feelings:

"Hasbunallah wanikmal wakil"

Translation: "Allah is sufficient for us and the best of guardians" (Q.S Al-Imran:173)

This verse is a portion of verse 173 from Surah Al-Imran, which has the interpretation that only Allah can be the protector of His people. Therefore, Muslims are advised to surrender all matters to Allah SWT as their protector and helper.

4. Prayer for Calming the Heart and Facilitating Affairs

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The recitation of the Arabic prayer for calming the heart and feelings:

"Robbis rohlii shodrii, wa yassirlii amrii, wahlul 'uqdatam mil lisaani yafqohu qoulii"

Meaning: "O my Lord, expand my chest for me and make my task easy for me and remove the knot from my tongue so that they may understand my speech." (Quran, 20:25-28)

This prayer is a portion of Surah Taha which means to widen the heart and facilitate all affairs. By practicing this prayer, with the permission of Allah SWT, all problems in life can be eased.

5. Ways to Have a Peaceful Heart

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In addition to prayers that can calm the heart and feelings that can be practiced in order to provide a peaceful feeling, you also need to find ways to calm and bring peace to your heart in facing life's problems. Especially during the fasting month of Ramadan to receive abundant blessings in it.

Here are ways to calm and bring peace to your heart:

- Reading the holy verses of the Quran or listening to them can bring tranquility to the heart and soul. As it is known that the Quran is a healing and calming medicine. So you can practice reading the Quran to find peace.

- Performing obligatory and voluntary prayers, especially in the last third of the night. Prayers performed in the last third of the night are believed to be effective prayers. Besides, it can make you feel peaceful and calm.

- Reciting istighfar (seeking forgiveness) and remembrance of Allah besides bringing you closer to Allah, you will also feel calm.

- Always be grateful for accepting the will and decree of Allah as one way to make your feelings calm. Because by being grateful, it can generate positive thoughts towards all life's problems.

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That's the prayer to calm the heart and feelings so that fasting becomes smooth. You can practice it after prayer or when your feelings are filled with anxiety, restlessness, and worry.

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