The Quranic Prescription- Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health- Pakistan Edition

Allah has given us the answers. He has taught us how we eat, drink, sleep, behave and live, all to maintain perfect balance and harmony. And yet, when we disrupt Allah's balance, we contribute to the global epidemic of lifestyle-based chronic diseases affecting our mind, body, spirit and even the planet.

The latest evidence-based research shows that when we live according to Qur'an and Sunnah, we can optimise our brain and body function, unlocking the secrets to optimal physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health.

March 2020, Allah gave the world a wake up call. In a world of constant stress, fear and negativity, we are sucked into a world of sickness. The world started to slow down, but with our busy lives, stuck on electronics, the worldly life continues to consume our thoughts, our habits, our eating, our time for good and it has also taken a toll on all our health, putting our future at risk. Two blessings from the Almighty that many people take for granted – health and time. (Bukhari). Sadly, most people will continue on that hamster wheel, like mindless cattle, giving little thoughts to their actions. This wake up call, has bought us time to reflect on our health. Unfortunately, this pandemic has also shed light on another pandemic that has been slowly consuming our lives—chronic disease.

If – like me – you are stunned and feeling hopeless, then it’s easier to stick our heads in the ground and pretend everything is okay, when clearly we are getting sicker as human beings along with the planet. Well, this is not genetic or better diagnosis. Something is happening to our children epigenetically. We are getting sicker day by day. Conventional medicine is great, but when it comes to healing and preventing chronic disease, we need to dig a little deeper we need to look past drug treatments, as they alone will not keep us healthy and happy.

There is so much hope, we just need to understand what is causing this problem– the imbalances around us that lead to problems. Why are we suffering? Why is our planet suffering? The answer is simple: we are out of balance and inflamed.

And if God touches thee with affliction, none can remove it but He: if He touches thee with happiness He has power over all things. (Qur’an 6: 17)

The hope lies in educating ourselves! Once we start to take care of our lives and the environments we live in – according to Qur’an and Sunnah – we can put our bodies and world back into balance, improve morbidity and mortality from chronic disease, fix our food system, improve our economy and even save our planet, by returning to the Qur’an and Sunnah for guidance. Once we start taking care of the trusts that Allah, glorified and exalted is He, has given us, He can heal us and the planet, but we must do our part. When our bodies are out of balance, their response is heightened inflammation.