Mohammed Ali
عضو الماسي
 | موضوع: Way to The Quran-Participation of the Inner Self-What is the Heart?  السبت يوليو 03, 2010 9:50 am | |
| The mostimportant part of your 'person' is your inner self. This inner self the Qur'an calls the qalb or the 'heart'. The heart of the Prophet, blessings and peace be on him, was the first recipient of the Qur'anic message: 'Truly it has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds, the Trustworthy Spirit has alighted with it upon your heart [O Prophet], that you may be one of the warners ...' (al-Shu'ara' 26: 1924). You will therefore reap the full joys and blessings of reading the Qur'an when you are able to involve your heart fully in your task. The 'heart', in Qur'anic vocabulary, is not the piece of flesh in your body, but the centre of all your feelings, emotions, motives, drives, aspirations, remembrance and attention. It is the hearts which soften (al-Zumar 39: 23),
or harden and become stony (al-Baqarah 2: 74).
It is they which go blind and refuse to recognize the truth (al-Hajj 22: 46)
for it is their function to reason and understand (al-A'raf 7: 179;al-Hajj 22: 46; Qaf 50: 37).
In hearts, lie the roots of all outward diseases (al-Ma'idah 5: 52);
they are the seat of all inner ills (al-Baqarah 2: 10);
hearts are the abode of Iman (al-Ma'idah 5: 41)
and hypocrisy (al-Tawbah 9: 77).
It is the hearts, again, which are the centre of every good and bad thing, whether it be contentment and peace (al-Ra'd 13: 28),
the strength to face afflictions (al-Taghabun 64: 11),
mercy (al-Hadid 57: 27),
brotherly love (al-Anfal 8: 63),
taqwd (al-Hujurat 49: 3; al-Hajj 22: 32);
or, doubt and hesitation (al-Tawbah 9: 45),
regrets (Al 'Imran 3: 156),
and anger (al-Tawbah 9: 15). Finally it is, in reality, the ways of the heart for which we shall be accountable, and only the one who brings before his God a sound and whole heart will deserve to be saved. 'God will not take you to task for a slip, but He will take you to task for what your hearts have earned '(al-Baqarah 2: 225). 'The Day when neither wealth nor children shall profit, [and when] only he [will be saved] who comes before God with a sound heart [free of evil]' (al-Shu'ara' 26: 88-9). You must therefore ensure that so long as you are with the Qur'an, your heart remains with you. The heart not being that piece of flesh but what the Qur'an calls qalb. This should not prove difficult if you remain conscious of a few things and observe certain actions of heart and body The seven prerequisites described earlier lay the foundation for the fuller participation of your inner self in reading the Qur'an. In addition to these, the taking of a few more steps will greatly increase the intensity and quality of this involvement of the heart. | |
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