remindersIslam on Overthinking — Why Your Mind Won't Stop and the Exact Words That Quiet ItOverthinking is not a new problem — the Prophet ﷺ named it directly. The Arabic tradition even has a word for it: waswas. Here's what Islam says about why the mind spirals and how to stop it.
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