ImanIslam
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(9/14/03 11:24 pm)
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Purification of the Heart
If we look at the world today, the tribulations,
the trials, and every war that we have, we will
see that every bit of human suffering is rooted
in human hearts. The reason people are aggressive
against other people is due to diseases of the heart:
covetousness, the desire to conquer, the desire to
exploit other people, and the desire to steal their
natural resources are all from diseases of the heart.
A sound heart cannot commit such acts.
Every murderer, every rapist, every idolater,
every fowl person, every person showing an
act of cruelty has a diseased heart because
these actions emanate from diseased hearts.
If the hearts were sound, none of these actions
would be a reality.
Therefore, if we wish to change our world,
we cannot go about it by attempting to rectify
the outward; rather, we change the world by
rectifying the inward because it is the inward
that precedes the outward.
Please Read: By Hamza Yusuf
Purification of the Heart islamicbookstore.com/purofhear.html
From the back cover.
The suffering of the world is spoken
of in terms of wars, starvation, hatred,
competition, and the struggle of the
survivals of the fittest. Yet all the suffering
of the world originates in the human heart.
Every crime committed, every act of oppression,
every callous cruelty, and every injustice to the
self or others emanates from the hearts of men.
However, for every wrong wrought by the human heart,
a thousand acts of mercy have issued forth:
every mother?s love, every child?s forgiveness,
every teacher?s care, and every father?s concern
for the well-being of his progeny-all have their
source in the core of human being, the human heart.
If we are to right the world,
we must first rectify our hearts,
and this is why every revelation has
been granted to humanity:
to make firm our hearts.
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