In surah Yusuf [12], Allah informs us about the brothers of Yusuf who said:

[اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِن بَعْدِهِ قَوْمًا صَالِحِينَ]

Kill Yusuf or cast him out to another land so that your father's favor will be for you alone, and after that you will be righteous people. [9]

al-Qushayri mentioned in his tafsir:

[قديمًا قيل : (من طلب الكل = فاته الكل!).فلما أرادوا أن يكون إقبال يعقوب عليه السلام بالكلية عليهم قال تعالى: ﴿‌وتولى عنهم﴾ [يوسف: 84]. ـ]

As the old saying goes, "Whoever tries to get it all will loose it all." So when they wanted to get their father's full attention, Allah says:

[وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ]

"And he turned away from them" [84]

[Tafsir al-Qushayri 2/170]

What I love so much about the Quran is that it doesn’t strip the emotions out of people, but magnifies them. Each and every one of was built with an internal mechanism that we can access our Creator with. Our emotions are a tool, an avenue, to Allah.  The raw vulnerable emotions of prophets and the pious are highlighted. Prophet Musa was scared (20:67), Maryam peace be upon her wished she had died (19:23), Prophet Yaqoub was overwhelmed with intense grief (12:84), Prophet Musa’s mother’s heart was in distress (28:10), Prophet Noah felt defeated (54:10), Prophet Muhammad’s heart felt constricted (15:97), Prophet Ayoub was in pain (21:83), Prophet Yunus felt helpless in extreme darkness (21:87) and the list goes on.

You don’t have to search long and hard to find the deepest of feelings in people mentioned the Quran. And they’re not just any people, but prophets of God and righteous people to look up to. A pious person isn’t someone who lives a life in the path of God free of feelings, of times of hardship and intense grief and suffering. Rather, we learn through these stories that the pious are those who use their vulnerable situation to draw even closer to God.

In the examples mentioned, feelings are exposed. But what honored these people is that they exposed their wounds to none other than the One who can heal, their Creator and Sustainer.

Feel. Feel every bit of your hurt. But direct it to the only One who can elevate you because of it.


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* ***For depression or hopelessness that needs medical or professional help, obviously there is a need for that in many cases which is equally important***

Many of us may be going through an intense emotional trauma at this moment..
The excruciating pain which can never be shared and get treated from a fellow human being, because it was caused by your own blood , your most loved spouse or your close friend. Revealing the cause of the heartache with someone is more damaging to your relationship thus you can cry out for only Allah's help.
Same happened to Ya'kub alaihissalam. He can not share his pain about Yousuf alaihissalam with any other because the culprits are his own sons.
But, at the end there was relief. A relief and therapy none could bring except Allah Almighty. 
So let's never lose hope. May Allah grant us the 'beautiful patience'.
#surah Yusuf 84-86

Ameen. Please make the same dua for me also :)