Purification of the Heart

The Imam mentions an interesting fact. Engaging in remembrance of God (dhikr) with one’s tongue, even if the heart is heedless, is better than abandoning it altogether. What a person repeats on his tongue might eventually reach the heart, even if the heart is not yet engaged, for the heart of man lies under his tongue.

dignity with God comes to those who are humble before Him, those who place prime value on how they are received by their Maker and not by how they will be judged by the ephemeral norms of people

The basic rule is to ask God and then work;

All deeds are thus valued according to the intentions behind them, and intentions emanate from the heart. So every action a person intends or performs is rooted in the heart.

The second category of disease concerns the base desires of the self and is called shahawāt. This relates to our desires exceeding their natural state,

The heart is created vulnerable to anxiety and agitation (QUR’AN , 70:19).

hearts need to be nourished.

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

The Qur’an implies that if a people oppress others, God will send another people to oppress them: We put some oppressors over other oppressors because of what their own hands have earned (QUR’AN, 6:129).

every act of injustice all over earth, we’ll find they are rooted in human hearts.