{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Practice and Pursuit of Ihsan-Lecture7","description":"Three keys to living a life of Ihsan (cont.)  Key 2: Restrain anger- what is anger? The Holy Quran talks about \u2018ghayz\u2019- inner rage and \u2018ghadab\u2019- anger manifested in words or actions.  If \u2018ghayz\u2019 is not managed, it will show up as \u2018ghadab\u2019. Allah has created us perfectly and anger is not a design flaw within us. Anger is a psychological state that results from inner agitation and desire for revenge.  Anger has a great potential to be misused.  It\u2019s a signal amplifier signifying what is important to a person.  Anger hides more vulnerable emotions. Unprocessed emotions will eventually cause disease in our bodies. Both extremes of either unleashing or deny anger are unhealthy for a person\u2019s physical and mental well-being.  When it becomes a habit to blame others for one\u2019s anger, then that insanity becomes fixed. Anger is a very energizing emotion as it is meant to deal with a threat. Anger gives one a feeling of power and righteousness which then feeds the ego and ends up depriving one\u2019s soul and spirit. How to control anger: When such anger is experienced one must always remember the wrath of God.  The faculty of anger which has been given to us has to be used in a balanced way. True power lies not in unleashing but in controlling anger. Instead of just feeling angry, turn that anger into productive action which leads to social movements being born. The proper use of the emotion of anger helps with the establishment and maintenance of a just social order and civic life. LINKS: SURAH ALI \u2018IMRAN VERSE 134 \u201cForty Hadith\u201d by  Ruhollah Khomeini \u201cAl-Ghazzali On Disciplining the Self\u201d by  Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali To access lots of free resources on relationships and personal growth, please sign up for #DailyWisdom at www.marziahassan.org\/dailywisdom ","author_name":"Loving and Living the Quran","author_url":"http:\/\/marziahassan.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"