A Cure for Sadness and Depression: Contemplating the Eternal Life of Bliss in the Hereafter
Imām Abū al-Farj ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH) said:
[Among the ways of dealing with catastrophe, misfortune, sadness, and depression in this life] is that [a Muslim] should imagine how his joyful excursion in Jannah will be never ending. What is the true value of that moment [of entry]? Rather, what is the true value of this entire [temporal] existence compared to the eternal, everlasting life [of the hereafter]?
To further clarify this, [the parable of the eternal nature of the hereafter is like] if Allāh the Glorified, the Most High, was to cover the heavens and the earth and everything that is...