The Quranic Prescription

 

What are the hidden Qur'anic gems that lead to optimal faith, success, taqwa and overall health?

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.

By Madiha M. Saeed, MD

 

Wake up. Pray. Sleep. Wake up. Kids. Eat. Commute. Work. Pray. Eat. Work. Pray.
Commute. Kids. Eat. Pray. Work. Pray. Sleep…Repeat.


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.

“Dr. Madiha Saeed has performed a great service to the Muslim Ummah with her book, “The Qur’anic Prescription.” Plunging into the deep and rich waters of the Qur’an and Sunnah, she brings forth priceless pearls of life enhancing wisdom. More than just a medical text, whichexamines the role that natural healing modalities, sleep, diet and various forms of stress relief play in fostering not just good health, but overall wellbeing."
 

Imam Zaid Shakir

"The Quranic Prescription is a comprehensive guide to planning and preparing yourself and your family for a healthy future. It's a must-read for anyone interested in gaining the wisdom of the Qur'an to deal with the dietary and lifestyle challenges of our modern times."
 

Yvonne Maffei

 
"A wonderful book about how to care for ourselves in a way that allows us to improve not just the quality of our lives, but our worship as well."
 
 

Imam Omar Suleiman

“Dr. Madiha Saeed has written some important works given that, unfortunately, very few of our highly qualified physicians are paying attention to the importance of integral medicine and recognizing the many effective health modalities that are not limited to the allopathic tradition. Dr. Saeed is a board certified family physician and has studied holistic medicine from other traditions. She gives excellent advice in her books on how to have a more holistic approach to health. Health is partly a choice, and we all have a choice to actually maintain our health. Too many people neglect the maintenance of their health, and when they fall ill, they pray for a miraculous recovery.

God, however, has given us everything we need. He’s given us a phenomenal immune system and gifted us extraordinary foods that nourish and sustain. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, has warned us on lifestyle choices that can harm us both physically and spiritually. When the Muslims first came to Egypt, one of the great physicians, when he heard the verse from the Qur’an, “Eat and drink but not to excess,” said, “Your Prophet hasn’t left anything for the physicians.”

Sh Hamza Yusuf

 

Contents

• Introduction

PART 1: SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL

  • CHAPTER 1: THE THREAT OF TODAY’S CRISIS TO OUR FUTURE
  • CHAPTER 2: A TAYYIB LIFESTYLE BALANCES US AND REINSTATES HOPE

PART 2: THE PILLARS OF A TAYYIB LIFESTYLE

  • CHAPTER 3: DIGESTIVE HEALTH AND DETOXIFICATION - PURE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  • CHAPTER 4: THE FOUR S’S: STRESS, SLEEP, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH
  • TAYYIB MENTAL HEALTH AND A TRANQUIL MINDFUL HEART

PART 3: USING THE QUR’ANIC PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALING

9781847741615 - Paperback

 

Madiha Saeed, MD, aka HolisticMom, is an American board certified family physician, best-selling author, international speaker, president of Nagamia Institute of Islamic Medicine and Sciences, director of education of Documenting Hope and KnoWEwell and on sits other medical advisory boards. She regularly contributes to Holistic Primary Care and mindbodygreen, has appeared on local and international TV, radio, podcasts and print media.
 
“This book is Phenomenal! If you are serious about being informed on how to improve the quality of your life, not just your health, read this book! She does a great job of legitimizing the fact that it is an Islamic obligation to take care of our health; that which Allah has given us and can easily take away. Reading this book will encourage you to read the Qur’an and leave with your own enlightening reflections regarding gratitude and its manifestation of self-care via nutrition. Looking at the Quran as a source of Nutritional health is something that Dr. Saeed illuminates very well, outstanding."
 

Abdullah Oduro


“There is a pandemic of chronic diseases and people are under the illusion that they can eat what ever they want and be healthy and that there is a pill for every ill, majority of doctors are not trained on nutrition and holistic health But Dr. Madiha Saeed is and this book is an amazing resource to taking the priceless gift of health seriously and investing in yourself and your family so you can have better quality of life and avoid sickness and chronic disease inshaAllah “
 

The Deen Show

“The Quranic Prescription by Dr. Madiha Saeed, MD, offers groundbreaking nutritional healing methodologies that use powerful Quranic verses to instill hope in a time of despair. It's impressive to see science and Islamic teachings working together to help those suffering from various diseases. This book is both eye-opening and a game-changer!”
 

Haleh Banani

And such are Say (O Muhammad ﷺ) that (the Qur'an) is a guidance and healing for those who believe. [41:44]

“And We send down of the Qur’an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.” (Qur’an 17:82)

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