This book is God's words about Sorrow and distress and talks about the following:
- The Divine Commandment
- Types and models
First: Miscellaneous examples
Second: Sorrow of the sinner for repentance
- Causes of sorrow and distress
First: Sin and disregard for the commandments
Second: Straying and separation from God
Third: Lack of insight and loss of hope
Fourth: Worry or grief for the beloved
Fifth: Crises and tribulations
Sixth: Disputes and controversies
Seventh: Failure to fulfill goals
Eighth: Sorrow and distress may be punishment from God
- The condition of the sorrowful and distressed
- The harm of sorrow and distress
First: Loss of insight and hope
Second: Passivity of thought and speech
Third: Complaining and grumbling
Fourth: Distress leads to diseases
Fifth: Distress may lead to committing suicide
Sixth: Influence of sorrow and distress on the others
- The cure for sorrow and distress
First: Prayer and relying on God
Second: The Prayer of the Lord Christ in His sorrow and distress
Third: Resisting by positive work and thought
Fourth: Assisting the others
Fifth: No cure for sorrow and distress in the everlasting darkness
- God does not leave us in sorrow and distress
First: God knows the distressed and the hopeless
Second: God sends His voice and guidance to the hopeless
Third: God removes away and bears our sorrows
- The Divine Commandment
- Types and models
First: Miscellaneous examples
Second: Sorrow of the sinner for repentance
- Causes of sorrow and distress
First: Sin and disregard for the commandments
Second: Straying and separation from God
Third: Lack of insight and loss of hope
Fourth: Worry or grief for the beloved
Fifth: Crises and tribulations
Sixth: Disputes and controversies
Seventh: Failure to fulfill goals
Eighth: Sorrow and distress may be punishment from God
- The condition of the sorrowful and distressed
- The harm of sorrow and distress
First: Loss of insight and hope
Second: Passivity of thought and speech
Third: Complaining and grumbling
Fourth: Distress leads to diseases
Fifth: Distress may lead to committing suicide
Sixth: Influence of sorrow and distress on the others
- The cure for sorrow and distress
First: Prayer and relying on God
Second: The Prayer of the Lord Christ in His sorrow and distress
Third: Resisting by positive work and thought
Fourth: Assisting the others
Fifth: No cure for sorrow and distress in the everlasting darkness
- God does not leave us in sorrow and distress
First: God knows the distressed and the hopeless
Second: God sends His voice and guidance to the hopeless
Third: God removes away and bears our sorrows