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“A sound heart has knowledge and trust, not doubt and anxiety. Shubuhāt alludes to aspects closely connected to the heart: the soul, the ego, Satan’s whisperings and instigations, caprice, and the ardent love of this ephemeral world. The heart is an organ designed to be in a state of calm, which is achieved with the remembrance of God: Most surely, in the remembrance of God do hearts find calm (QURAN, 13:28). This calm is what the heart seeks out and gravitates to. It yearns always to remember God the Exalted. But when God is not remembered, when human beings forget God, then the heart falls into a state of agitation and turmoil. In this state it becomes vulnerable to diseases because it is undernourished and cut off, Cells require oxygen, so we breathe, If we stop breathing, we die. The heart also needs to breathe, and the breath of the heart is none other than the remembrance of God. Without it, the spiritual heart dies. The very purpose of revelation and of scripture is to remind us that our hearts need to be nourished.”

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Book:Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart
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Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

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Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Hamza Yusuf, born in 1958, is a renowned scholar, writer, and speaker. His areas of expertise include Islam, religious philosophy, and cross-cultural communication. Hamza Yusuf is highly respected in the academic and religious communities for his in-depth research and dissemination of Islamic teachings. more

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