مداواة الخواء: دليل السعادة العاطفية والروحية

by Yasmin Mogahed, ياسمين مجاهد, تهاني فجر (Translator)

لقد ضل الكثير منا طريقهم في هذه الحياة فالبعض قد فقدوا الأمل لأنهم لم يجدوا مخرجا لهم من آلامهم ومشاكلهم وفشلهم بينما يحمل البعض على عاتقهم سنوات من الخذلان وكره الذات، وأصبح بعض الناس تحت تأثير الغفلة لدرجة تحول حتى عن إدراكهم لواقع ضياعهم.

ولكن الأمل ما يزال موجودًا، فالأمل لا ينتهي أبدا، وهناك طريق للعودة.

إنه درب الخلاص والأمل والرحمة، وهو مفتوح دوما لنا؛ طوال مدة بقاء الروح في الجسد، الله يريد لكل واحد منا أن يهتدي، أن يعيش حياة طيبة وبسلام ، ولكن لا يمكننا الوصول إلى الله إذا رفضنا السير في الطريق الذي حدده هو سبحانه.

لا بد لنا أن نسلك هذا الدرب، لنعود إلى وطننا الأول: ""الجنة"" وعلينا أن نتخذ خطواتنا في دربنا هذا بكل كينونتنا.

Genres: Islam, Self Help, Nonfiction, Religion, Spirituality, Mental Health, Inspirational

255 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

Yasmin Mogahed received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her graduate work, she taught Islamic Studies and worked as a writing instructor for Cardinal Stritch University, and a staff columnist for the Islam section of InFocus News. Currently she’s a freelance writer and international speaker. She also hosts Serenity, her show on One Legacy Radio.

Reviews

[Tima CH]

Our ultimate goal in this life is to find our way back home with Allah and to return with a sound heart...
A good book to revive your heart and to help those who feel empty inside.

[mon s]

I give major major major props to Yasmin for keeping it so real, mashAllah. This book was a hug, a pep talk, a much needed reminder, it called me out…it did everything. I really enjoyed it alhamdulillah.

[aisha]

assalamu alaikum,
i've not read the entirety of this book but it's definitely helped me, with struggling with loss and failure.. i really found it difficult moving forward. subhanAllah alhumdulilah, this book has helped lighten it for me. if you don't see yourself reading this, buy it anyways. do it for the sake of Allah, just as i did. because only a month or so later.. only Allah knew how bad i'd need a read like this.

[Puty]

Saya membaca buku ini back to back dengan buku 'Reclaim Your Heart'. Sungguh powerful combo menjelang Ramadan. Dibanding ‘Reclaim Your Heart’, ‘Healing The Emptiness’ memiliki alur yang lebih terstruktur. Dimulai dengan asal mula kekosongan (emptiness); tentang makna dan tujuan dari rasa sakit, dilanjutkan dengan mendiagnosis penderitaan. Kemudian bab selanjutnya mengupas tentang hambatan dari penyembuhan (healing process). Di bab ini rasanya banyak sekali bahan refleksi sebagai seorang Muslim, mulai dari soal sabar, soal berpikir positif kepada Allah, soal penerimaan (acceptance), hingga bagaimana kita terlampau mengandalkan diri sendiri.

Setelah pembahasan tentang apa-apa yang menghambat penyembuhan, Yasmin Mogahed melanjutkan dengan pembahasan soal merawat luka, menjaga hati, dan mendefinisikan ulang rasa sakit.

Akan saya rekomendasikan untuk teman-teman Muslim yang sedang mengusahakan penyembuhan (healing) dengan bantuan Allah SWT. Sekalipun sedang dalam kondisi baik-baik saya, buku ini tetap bisa menjadi bahan refleksi dan pengingat untuk terus berbaik sangka pada hidup dan rencana-rencanaNya.

[Amreen E]

This is therapy in a book. Everyone is healing from something, and the author has put things into perspective so beautifully that it has made me see things in a different light

[parvaneh]

an absolute gem of a book. one of my favourite reads ever.

i highly recommend this to all muslims AND non-muslims. i know it might sound intimidating to pick up a book that is lead by the values of a different faith but trust me, this book will enrich just anyone in at least one way.
i think it‘s also a great way to learn more about the beauty of islam amidst all the brainwashing done by the western media, while taking in wisdoms that could change the way you view life and help you heal.

especially those who are on their spiritual journey, want to get closer to God and/or just learn about how the Quran + Sunnah deal with mental health & down times are at the right place :)

yasmin mogahed just really did it with this one.
his book isn‘t just your standard self-help book filled with empty talk and unrealistic advice - it centers our connection to God, to ourselves and encourages us to embrace our humanness.
i can’t believe how under-appreciated this one is too; most people know her other work 'reclaim your heart' - and while i loved that one, i must say that i already liked this one better when i was barely 20-ish pages in.
her writing improved so much; you can truly feel the tenderness behind her words. just knowing that the author herself struggled and dealt with the topics she writes about makes it so much more impactful and sincere.

i read this on my kindle and was just constantly highlighting; i really want a physical copy of this to fully annotate, re-read and have as a source to look back to.

you can read it on kindle unlimited!

[Yazlina Saduri]

Berjaya juga membaca buku yang baik dari genre bukan fiksyen sebagai buku pertama saya untuk tahun 2023. Healing the Emptiness, quite amazing. Terlalu banyak keterangan yang menjelaskan lagi banyak perkara yang kurang jelas kepada saya sebelum ini berhubung ikhtiar menangani kelelahan jiwa. Rasa macam nak baca sekali lagi

[رَنَـا]

قرأت لها كتابها الأول « استرجع قلبك» في رمضان
وكان تأثير هذا الكتاب تأثير عظيم ليس لأن النصوص بلغة رفيعة أو بأسلوب بياني جميل ولكن لأنه خاطب قلبي قبل كل شيء ..
تغيرت بعد الله ثم بعد أن بدأت في قراءة استرجع قلبك، أبكتني حروفها ورممت قلبي من بعد ما كانت محطمة تمامًا
الله عز وجل أخذ بيدي في ذلك الشهر العظيم
وجعلني أقرأ هذا الكتاب لأتغير وأكون شخصًا مختلفًا
ما أعظمك يا الله 🤍
ثم بعد مرور سنوات جاء هذا الكتاب «مداواة الخواء»
وفرحت واستبشرت بصدور كتاب مترجم خصوصًا كنت قد قرأت لها كتابًا قبل،
وفعلًا هذا الكتاب مداواة الخواء جاء من بعد عاصفة
وتركت آثارها علي🤍
•مما يميز كتاباتها أنها تكتب من قلب وبأسلوب محبب وجميل وقريب للفهم أيضًا من واقع نعيشه.
•مواضيعها مرتبطه بالدين تقربك لله عز وجل وتغير نظرتك إلى نظرة مختلفة وجميلة .
لا أدري كيف أشكر أستاذة ياسمين مجاهد على الكتابان: «مداواة الخواء » و « استرجع قلبك»
لكن لعل هذه المراجعة أو الانطباع بشكل عام عن هذا الكتاب يعبر عن الشكر والمحبة لما حصل من الأثر الجميل في حياتي

حقيقة كل كلمة وكل حرف وقعها علي لم يكن عاديًا 🤍
وأرجو في المستقبل أن أرى المزيدمن كتبها المترجمة 🤍

ملاحظة* رأيت اهتمامها بذكر الأحاديث الصحيحة
وهذا مؤشر جميل
لأن كتابها الأول كان يحتوي على بعض
الأحاديث الضعيفة ليست كثيرة

[.🍃.]

He said: By no means (shall we be overtaken)! Indeed my Lord is with me; He will guide me through.” (Quran 26:62)

[Kavya G]

Genuinely 10/10, I journaled 4 pages about it today because it made me think about so many random things. My favorite chapter was about the various myths of sabr. I think the author did a really good job of illustrating how sabr is much deeper than patience and doesn’t mean passively suffering or showing no emotion. I thought about this a lot because patience is such common advice when we’re going through a difficult time. But sabr goes beyond patience and includes trusting that ease will come even if it’s not in the form or timeframe that we want. I thought about how one of the things I dread most about driving to work in the summer is having the sun directly in my face the entire commute. But lately I’ve noticed more overcast mornings which is so unusual during July in Texas. It seems tiny, but the clouds are such a relief when I’m in traffic during peak hours. So I tell myself that sometimes receiving ease looks like clouds which shield the sun and protect my peace.

Another section I really liked in this chapter is the myth of sabr as stoicism. The example she gives is the Prophet Yaqub (AS) and how he cried so much he went blind after losing his son, yet he’s praised for his beautiful patience. Specifically, she says “there is no contradiction between masculinity and crying, and there is no contradiction between sabr and shedding tears.” I shared this with Christian because it seemed like something he would appreciate, and I’m so glad I did, because he mentioned something which led me to a memory I haven’t thought about in a very long time.

It’s very much a tangent but just how my mind works. 👵🏽

The first present I ever got him was a pair of chopsticks with an engraving of his favorite Bible verse. I was so annoyed that I couldn’t remember the actual line when he asked last week. After reading this chapter, he reminded me that it was just two simple words, “Jesus wept.” Which also reaffirms the idea that our humanity is not a weakness; it takes incredible courage to face and feel your emotions.

It was such an invisible string moment and really validated that I was reading this book at the perfect time. Like the fact that this specific story resonated with me enough to share it with him and that he already loved a similar concept well before we’d met. These examples just prove there is strength in being soft and there are so many stories we can lean on to be reminded of that.

Anyway I really loved the whole book so much! Will definitely reread like lowkey I was ready to restart it when I finished 🫶🏽

[𐙚 🇵🇸 Moonie ⋆˚꩜｡]

(5⭐️) this is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read. Everything was explained so clearly and so beautifully. This book changed my perspective on many things and it talked about so many topics. Every Muslim should read this book, especially if you grew up in a Muslim household where mental health wasn’t taken seriously. I love this book so much

Here’s a free pdf of the book 🫶🏻

https://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Heal...

[Pushon]

Another great book by Yasmin Mogahed.
A comprehensive guidance towards the path of success from absolute darkness.

[Sara]

The book I didn’t know I needed.
Humbled.
Soothed.
Revived.
Grateful.
❤️‍🩹

[Noor]

4

[Merina]

Ten years following the author's debut, "Reclaim your Heart," this book delves further and reflects a different stage of life with suggestions on how we might manage the different challenges in a way that keeps us connected to ourselves and our Maker and the journey we're all on. Lots of practical tips and open discussions on metal health, acknowledging that we need to do more than be patient. Patience is noble, but it is something we endure when circumstances arise and there are also practical things we can proactively do as believers e.g. supplicate for protection from trials, and practical things we can pursue, for instance professional support. The book might feel sightly repetitive in parts, and there are some thoughts that feel as though they haven't been fully explained but I read this with the mindset that this is an a personal thought share, similar to a blog, that's expanded to become a book. Such a book therefore doesn't always need to be formatted like a textbook or a novel to help you sequence one plot to another. It's formatted more like a friend who is imparting advice to you with their thoughts informed by their own knowledge and experience.

[Alicia O'Connor]

if there’s two things yasmin mogahed loves it’s an analogy & the use of repetition. reading this rly felt like a full circle moment as i read reclaim your heart (the author’s og book) when i was in la palma in 2022, one week before i became an official muzzie. overall reclaim your heart was better imo, i remember that book being really enlightening for me but this one re-hashed a lot of the same points and at times i felt like i was being repetitively hit over the head with the message of the book. BUT having said all that it was a nice heart softener for ramadan and not too intense to read (robert fisk im looking at u) so 3 🌟🌟🌟

[Snovia Saleem]

This book explains about pains and sufferings we feel in our lives. How to diagnose them, how to remove barriers to healing, how to treat our wounds and then how to guard ourself in future.
This book is a mixture of religious and psychological concepts. The author beautifully created a relationship between religious thoughts and how our psychology is involved in it.
Way of writing is quite simple and impressive and it gives you chills at many points and put you in deep thoughts.

Highly recommended book.

[Alaeddin Hallak]

blueprint for thriving during hardships and ease

Can’t recommend it enough ! Big fan of Yasmine’s writings may Allah bless you for gifting us this crucial book.

[Ibna]

I gravitated towards this book whenever I felt low. I took my time with it, and I’m glad I did. Because everytime I picked up this book, it gave me just what I needed at that time ✨🤍

[Mae reads]

This book is so peaceful.
It feels like the voice of birds and a river in the middle of a forest away from people, or like the sun that hits your face after the rain.

[P]

(Deutsche Übersetzung vom Ilm Verlag gelesen)

[serra.]

kitapta bazı kısımların tekrarlandığını düşünsemde bana oldukça iyi geldiğini, rahatlattığını ve umut verdiğini söylebilirim. ayrıca kitabın içerisinde yer yer ayet ve hadisleri görmekte çok güzeldi. altını çizdiğim ve işaretlediğim çokça yer oldu ama birkaç not:

-neye odaklanırsak onu büyütürüz/çoğaltırız.
-başkalarına, Allah’ın bize davranmasını istediğimiz gibi davranmalıyız.
-Allah hakkında olumlu görüş ve beklenti içinde olmak (Allah’a hüsnüzan beslemek).
-Allah’tan afiyet iste.
-Allah’ın rahmetinden ümit kesme.
-Az da olsa devamlı ameller.
-Allah’ın bizim için uygun gördüğü her şeyde hayır olduğuna inanmak.
-şükür etmek, günlük zikir çekmek, dua etmek…
💞

[haniya :)]

i started reading this to cure the post-RIS emptiness and it was definitely a motivational book. it had lots of helpful reminders and i think its a great beginner islamic book because it helps to dispel so many myths. at first this book felt less practical in nature but i really ended up liking the toolkit chapter and it was a great summary of so many different ways of worship.
however, it did feel sort of repetitive with several passages being said again word for word multiple times throughout the book. the metaphors were also sometimes unnecessary

[Nazia Ahmad]

This excerpt from the book resonated so well with me …

“I don’t cringe at the old pictures anymore. The emptiness in my eyes. The pain I walked with. Those are my battle wounds. They prove I’ve been there. I’ve lived. I’ve suffered, yes. But, it didn’t kill me. I survived. I got back up and kept going. Every time. I got back up.”

This is a book I will choose to read every single year. Thank you Yasmin Mogahed.

[bayaan]

“This is the help of Allah. Allah does not promise the believer that there will be no storms in this life. These storms will always come. But Allah promises the believer that He will carry them through their storms, if they turn to Him”

[Youssef Ahmed]

Great, refreshing , worth a read

[هـ 🫧]

yasmin you have done it once again.

reading this book was like having a real friend who tells you the hard truth but still lifts you up and helps you improve.

[ShaikhaAhmed]

A book that speaks to the soul on so many levels ..

[Hikmah Reads]

I’m sure many of us are very familiar with Yasmin Mogahed’s book Reclaim Your Heart. However, have you heard of her book Healing The Emptiness?

This book stands out to those who are struggling with emptiness or other forms of emotional pain. Yasmin Mogahed’s perspective on pain is captivating as she reframes our understanding of pain and the way to heal. This book prepares us to brave the storm and to treat our wounds on the path closest to Allah.

🍃 “Sometimes when we feel empty, we don’t realise that our soul is crying out. That our heart is starving for God. Instead, we look to distract ourselves with other things, other people, other activities.” - Yasmin Mogahed

Overall, Healing The Emptiness is a thought-provoking book that offers insightful perspectives on how to navigate difficult emotions and find a path towards healing.

While browsing the www.tertib.press website, I came across several good books by Yasmin Mogahed; some of them I have never heard of. If you love listening to Yasmin Mogahed and reading her words, you will certainly love Healing The Emptiness. Although this book may be a bit pricey, the value it provides is definitely worth adding it to your collection.

Malaysian readers can grab this book from tertib.press website.

[Narmeen]

3.5 Stars

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