Impact of Holy Quran Recitation on Psychological Wellbeing Among Muslim Youth

The present study is aimed to examine the relation of Holy Qur’ān recitation and psychological wellbeing among the Muslim Youth. People find no time for offering prayers and reciting Holy Qur’ān because they are very busy in their daily routines and if they do so, they do it for short period of time when they are in some trouble. The objectives include firstly the exploration of the relationship of Holy Qur’ān recitation and psychological wellbeing. Second objective of the study is to explore the correlation of the Holy Qur’ān recitation with depression, anxiety and stress among young Muslims. Study sample comprises of 100 young Muslims (43 males and 57 females) falling between 17 and 25 years from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Instruments used for data collection include psychological wellbeing scale by Kamman and Flett (1983) and DASS (depression anxiety stress scale) by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) and a demographic sheet. Results of the study showed that significant positive relationship exists between Holy Qur’ān recitation and psychological wellbeing among young Muslims and Holy Qur’ān recitation negatively relates with depression, anxiety and stress. The present study findings support that those young Muslims who had more rate of Holy Qur’ān recitation were psychologically more stable as compared to non-frequent reciters. In the light of findings of current study, it can be declared as a quintessence that Holy Qur’ān Recitation can serve as an influential element in ensuring the positive mental health of youth. Educators and Policy makers can play a crucial role in promotion of Holy Qur’ān familiarity which will make certain the psychological and mental health of youth and of the society at large.

The Effects of Socio-Economic Factorson the Prevalenceof Anemia With Reference to Different Trimester of Pregnancy in Pregnant Womn of District Lahore, Pakistan

Anemia is problem in which level of haemoglobin decreases or numbers of Red Blood Cells reduce. There are many factors which are involved in causing Anemia in women like nutritional deficiency, gastrointestinal bleeding (diarrhea). Multiple pregnancies or pregnancies having less than two years time period between them also result in causing anemia or reducing iron stores in blood. There are other causes too like chronic diseases such as cancers, blood loss problems like haemorrhoids, postpartum haemorrhage etc. The current research was planned to find out the prevalence of anemia in Pregnant Women (PW) of District Lahore and to know how it is related to iron rich food and socioeconomic status of chosen patients. For this blood samples of 70 pregnant women of age group (25-40) years were collected from four different hospitals of District Lahore, during different trimesters of pregnancy. The collected blood samples were taken and stored in already filled with EDTA tubes. All samples were then analyzed by using CBC haematology auto-analyser. It is concluded from the current study that anemia was highly prevalent in District Lahore. It also indicated that the age of selected PW showed significant effect on severity of anemia because of nutritional deficiency with an increase in age. Income plays a central role in anemic women. Mostly anemic women were belonging to middle class which affected the nutritional status of PW and they didn?t take iron and other nutrients containing diets. Trimester of pregnancy had impact on anemia because due to growth of fetus body needs Iron folate, vitamins and other nutrients. Majority of anemic women were in their 2 trimester because they didn?t get proper diet. Numbers of pregnancies were also significant factors in PW. It can be due to the reason that with short birth spacing and increase no of pregnancies and abortions the Hb and serum ferritin level decreases and leads to anemia. This study helped to estimate the prevalence and causes of anemia in expectant females.