Whenever I hear the news of a suicide, these verses of the Qur'an become very meaningful ...
"Don't despair, get up! Prostrate and cry!"
- Surah Yusuf: 6
"Allah will give happiness after hardship."
- Surah Tablaq: 6
"Surely there is relief in suffering."
- Surah Inshirah: 6
"I offer my sorrows and troubles to God."
- Surah Yusuf: 6
"Know that the help of Allah is near."
- Surah Bakbara: 214
"No one despairs of God's mercy except the disbeliever."
- Surah Yusuf: 6
"Allah does not burden a person beyond his means."
- Surah Bakbara: 26
"And I will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and crops, but give good news to the patient."
- Surah Bakbara: 155
"O you who believe, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."
6 - Surah Bakbara: 153
"O Allah, I have never failed to call you."
- Surah Maryam: 4