Last year when I was extremely depressed due to coming off meth, I would frequently talk to this coworker from the middle east. I love languages and was studying Arabic for some time. I showed him this scene from a movie where people were praying and reciting from the Quran. I didn't understand it well since my Arabic is very choppy. But he translated it for me and explained the context.

By the glorious morning light,

2 And by the night when it is still,

3 Your guardian Lord has not forsaken you, nor is he displeased.

4 And truly the hereafter will be better for you than the present.

5 And soon will your guardian Lord give you what shall please you.

6 Did he not find you an orphan and give you shelter?

7 And he found you wandering, and he gave you guidance.

8 And he found you in need, and made you independent.

9 Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness,

10 Nor repulse the petitioner.

He elaborated on the last verse and basically explained how the verse was instructing believers not to be harsh on the lost and misguided, those without fathers. This touched me deeply because I lost my dad at a young age, and have always kind of been lost since then.

I am not religious but whenever I am oppressed by the idea that this world is a dark and homeless realm, I think of this one little moment, and I am comforted by the fact that there is still beauty and goodness in the world, even if we are unable to see it for some time.