Purification of the Hearts

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  • Purification of the Heart
    Signs, symptoms, and cures of the spiritual diseases of the heart
  • The sound heart is understood to be free of character defects and spiritual blemishes
  • The spiritual heart is centered in the physical heart
  • The heart houses the spirit (shen) according to traditional Chinese medicine
  • The Arabic word 'lubb' refers to the heart, as well as the intellect and the essence of something
  • The most ancient Indo-European word for heart means "that which leaps"
  • Types of people described in the Quran
    • Al-mu'minun (believers)
    • Al-kafirun (scoffers or atheists)
    • Al-munafiqun (hypocrites)
  • Believers
    People whose hearts are alive and full of light
  • Disbelievers
    People whose hearts are in darkness
  • Hypocrites
    People whose hearts are diseased
  • The heart is centered slightly to the left of the body
  • The ritual of circumambulation around the Kaaba is performed counterclockwise, with the left side facing the House to remind us of God's presence
  • The heart starts beating before the brain is fully fashioned, without the benefit of a fully formed central nervous system
  • The heart has its own type of intelligence, not just obeying messages from the brain
  • Wrongdoing irritates the heart, the heart perceives wrong action
  • The root meaning of the word 'kufr' (disbelief) is to cover something up
  • Heedlessness starves the heart, robs it of its spiritual nourishment
  • Kufr (disbelief)

    The root meaning is to cover something up
  • The problems we see in our society come down to covering up or suppressing the symptoms of its troubles
  • Agents used to suppress the symptoms of society's troubles
    • Alcohol
    • Drugs
    • Sexual experimentation and deviance
    • Power grabs
    • Wealth
    • Arrogance
    • Pursuit of fame
  • Heedlessness
    A debilitating lack of awareness of God and an acute neglect of humanity's ultimate destination: the infinite world of the Hereafter
  • When people are completely immersed in the material world, believing that this world is all that matters and all that exists and that they are not accountable for their actions
    They affect a spiritual death of their hearts
  • Shubuhāt
    Diseases that relate to impaired or inappropriate understanding
  • Shahawāt
    Diseases concerning the base desires of the self, when people live merely to satisfy these urges and are led by them
  • Islam provides the method by which our hearts can become sound and safe again
  • The weakness of society is a matter of weakness of character in the heart
  • If hearts were sound, criminal, unjust, and hateful actions would no longer be a reality
  • Everything we see happening outside of us is in reality coming from the unseen world within, from the unseen realm of our hearts
  • If a people oppress others, God will send another people to oppress them
  • Often the victims of aggression were once aggressors themselves
  • Impure people oppress, and the pure-hearted not only forgive their oppressors, but elevate them in status and character
  • This book is about self-purification and a manual of liberation
  • Adab
    Courtesy, the portal to the purification of the heart
  • Adab
    • Holds several meanings in Arabic, including "courtesy" and "erudition"
  • Hayā'
    Shame, an internal sense of shame that includes bashfulness and modesty
  • The Prophet stated, "Every religion has a quality that is characteristic of that religion, and the characteristic of my religion is hayā'"
  • Dhul
    Being lowly, abject, or humbled
  • Humility or humbleness assumed before God is required for courtesy
  • When we seriously reflect on God's perfect watch over His creation and the countless blessings He sends down, and then consider the kind of deeds we bring before Him, what can we possibly feel except humility and shame?
  • The Prophet said, "None of you [fully] believes until his desires are in accordance with what I have brought"