Despondence in Islam
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Despondence ({{langx|ar|قنوط}}) is one of the major sins in Islam.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=5592|title=The Major Forbidden Acts in Islam|access-date=2015-08-19|archive-date=2016-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826131737/http://imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=5592|url-status=dead}} Disappointment and its derivatives are mentioned six times in the Quran. In some sources, disappointment and despair are distinguished ({{langx|ar|يأس}}) and that despondency is tougher than despair.{{clarify|date=January 2024}}
Distinctions
Disappointment literally means hopelessness.Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran, Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, p.428{{clarify|date=January 2024}} Some philologists distinguish disappointment from despair and have written that despondency is tougher than despair.Mu’jam al-forugh al-loghaviah, Abu Hilal al-Askari, Seyyed Noor al-Din al-Jazayeri, pp.435-436 A ḥadīth of Ali al-Ridha states that despair is the second major sin and disappointment is the third major sin and that they are different.{{what|date=January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sibtayn.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3110:third-greater-sin-qunut-despondence&catid=695&Itemid=503|title=Third Greater Sin:Qunut (Despondence) - Islam Guidance|website=www.sibtayn.com}} Despair is a feeling that is not expressed. When such a feeling is manifested outwardly and becomes obvious to others, it is said to be disappointment.{{cite book|last1=Dastghaib Shirazi|first1=Sayyid Abdul Husayn|title=Greater sins|date=31 January 2022 |volume=1|url=http://www.al-islam.org/greater-sins-volume-1-ayatullah-sayyid-abdul-husayn-dastghaib-shirazi/third-greater-sinqunut}}
Disappointment in the ''Quran''
Disappointment and its derivatives appear six times in the Quran. For example, when the angels gave the good news to Abraham about the birth of his child in his old age, they asked him not to be despondent.{{Cite web|url=https://tanzil.net/|title=Tanzil - Quran Navigator | القرآن الكريم|website=tanzil.net}} In another verse, Allah says: "O creatures of God, those of you who have acted against your own interests should not be disheartened of the mercy of God. Surely God forgives all sins. He is all-forgiving and all-merciful." Other mentions appear in the 36th verse of Ar-Rum, 49th of Fussilat, and 28th verse of Ash-Shura.