Spirituality in Islam

Spirituality is an innate part of our human nature, it's the food of the soul, just like the body has it's own food to function and be healthy, so does the soul. Imbalance between the food of the body and soul results in an internal dissatisfaction and an unpleasant feelings within, despite having the body in a healthy condition in terms of healthy eating habits and physical exercise.

Maintaining a sense of spiritual-fulfillment is important because it improves the overall quality of life, it gives one assurance, satisfaction and peace in the face of life's hardest trials. It does not necessarily eliminate struggles, but rather make them bearable, and somewhat enjoyable at times, that is because you connect to a higher being that strengthens you in ways we often cannot perceive, divine ways.

Losing connection to our spirituality is something most of us can sense from within, it's a feeling of internal emptiness, something feels off despite that things are going well, like a deep void within slowly spreading in your soul.

Common suggested ways to improve spirituality are yoga, meditation, astrology practices, self-reflection, journaling, and so on.

Continue reading to gain new ideas on how to achieve spiritual-fulfillment from an Islamic perspective...

One of the duties of a Muslim is prayer. A daily prayer practiced 5 times a day, which takes few minutes to complete, in which one praises and glorifies God, recites the Quran, the speech of God, bows down and prostrates.

This simple act of worship brings an immense sense of spiritual-fulfillment and sense of peace, that is because one connects to God, establishes a relationship with the divine, to show gratitude and praise for all the blessings one has in their life, to stand before God, forgetting about all the worries and concerns of life and it's mundane gains, it is just you and God, no one else, it's a unique bond where if practiced correctly, it can benefit you in many ways.

God says in the Quran (those who believe and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Surely in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find comfort.) The only true way to attain comfort of the heart and rest of the soul, is through the remembrance of God, through prayer and connecting to God, all else is false.

(But whoever turns away from My Reminder will certainly have a miserable life.) A miserable life as in a spiritual-discomfort, anxiety and tiresome thoughts, especially during hardships, despite having all the mundane pleasures of life.

(Whoever does good, whether male or female, and is a believer, We will surely bless them with a good life, and We will certainly reward them according to the best of their deeds.) God promised whomever believes in God's oneness, accept his path and does good, a good life, consisting of internal content, peace of mind, feelings of joy and assurance, rest of the soul, even if they had little materialistic gains, the blessing of God will rain over them, and spiritual-manifestation will take place in reality.

After having a toxic lifestyle, defined by pleasure-based habits, engaging in destructive desires, and a daily routine of spiritual-bankruptcy devoid of anything divine or pure, this led me to firmly believe in what stated earlier.

I've had numerous experiences where I'd feel a deep sense of divine euphoria runs through my entire body, numbing the pain, the anxiety, the hunger & thirst, the physical-exhaustion and mental-fatigue, all would slowly fade away in an astonishing manner, simply though establishing prayer and connecting to God.