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raxa707
ive been waiting for 11 years for a miracle to happen, did a lot of duas , cried a hell lot of tears but now i just cant hold it on i m just trying
i m taking immunosupressants so that my immune system doesnt reject the transplanted organ
u can have a look at all the side effects of the medicine cyclosporin on google
i m experiencing 90% OF the sideeffects mentioned on various websites. i dont know how to deal with them. it just seems too hard.
:salam: brother,
I am sorry to hear of this difficult times that you are facing.
You have already experienced a lot of health-related issues in your life, and you should know that it is only normal, that every now and then to feel in this manner.
However, when you do find yourself feeling down and depressed, reflect on the following:
1. Allah (subhanawataála) tests us all in different ways. There is not a person who can say that he/ she has led a perfect, trial-free life.
"Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?"(Quran 29:2)
When Allah Taa'la loves a person, He puts them to trial.
Think about those who we
know were most beloved to Allah from all of creation - the messengers (peace be upon them), the sahaba (ra)......and the MOST beloved to Allah, Muhammed (sallalahu alaihi wasalam), who was tried in the most difficult ways from all of mankind.
One may say, that if Allah loved these groups of people, why did they experience such great difficulties in their lives?
Its because:
“The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. When Allaah loves a people He tests them. Whoever accepts that wins His pleasure but whoever is discontent with that earns His wrath.”
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2396) and Ibn Maajah (4031); classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi
2. Remind yourself that despite the difficulties that you are experiencing, there is someone who is experiencing even greater.
So, for example:
Allah has tested you by means of kidney failure at a very young age.
And in His mercy, He had provided you with the opportunity to have a kidney transplant that has been functioning for the last 10 years.
Wallahi, here in Africa, the vast majority of people do not have the opportunity of receiving a transplant, and spend many years on dialysis.
Even those who are on dialysis are still more fortunate..... than those who dont even have the means of receiving this treatment.
Kidney transplants and dialysis are expensive means of treatment - so think about all those thousands of people who never receive this due to lack of resources.
Also consider those who have more serious health conditions:
e.g. A few weeks ago I met a young lady in her early 20s who has the following: AIDS, disseminated TB, an over-active thyroid, end-stage liver failure (which causes her body to swell up).
Her many, many trials that she is facing is different from yours. Do you know why?
Because Allah Taa'la has blessed you with IMAAN, and not for her (May Allah grant her hidayat as well. Ameen).
So, your trials are a means of
elevating your status in the Hereafter, if borne with patience (in shaa Allah), while for many others, they do not even have this to look forward to.
3. Keep at the fore-front of your thoughts,
the reason for our existence (the worship of Allah) and where we are heading to (Al-Aakhirah - our true, final and ETERNAL abode).
I think that the biggest regret that many of us will experience when we do leave this world is that:
We forgot how absolutely insignificant this life is in comparison to a life that will exist for forever.....and ever......and ever.
Many of us have made this life that we KNOW will end - as our priority.
We forget that this life is a just a 'bridge'. And no traveller makes their bridge a home.
So, keep focussed in shaa Allah
This urdu nasheed (with translation) is a good reminder for us:
And finally, I hope the following booklet by the late Moulana Yunus Patel (ra) called Tafweez: The Cure to Depression, will help you as it has for so many others.
May Allah (subhanawataála) grant Moulana the highest abode in Jannah. Ameen.
http://yunuspatel.co.za/downloads/Tafweez.pdf
You are in our thoughts and duaa's, dear brother, along with the rest of the ummah.
Please keep us informed as to how you are doing in shaa Allah.
:wasalam: