Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart : Translation and Commentary of Imam Mawlud's Matharat Al-QulubThis exploration of Islamic spirituality delves into the psychological diseases and cure of the heart. Diseases examined include miserliness, envy, hatred, treachery, rancour, malice, ostentation, arrogance, covetousness, lust, and other afflictions that assail people and often control them. |
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... . Perhaps the connec- tion is that a person enslaved to his whims descends into the depths of depravity in this life , and , as a consequence , he faces perdition in the Hereafter . As a remedy to the type 42 PURIFICATION OF THE HEART.
... . Perhaps the connec- tion is that a person enslaved to his whims descends into the depths of depravity in this life , and , as a consequence , he faces perdition in the Hereafter . As a remedy to the type 42 PURIFICATION OF THE HEART.
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... tion that permits him or her to walk the earth with dignity . The fear of poverty is an instrument of deception and common cause of misguidance . The American humorist Mark Twain once remarked , " Most of my problems , I never actually ...
... tion that permits him or her to walk the earth with dignity . The fear of poverty is an instrument of deception and common cause of misguidance . The American humorist Mark Twain once remarked , " Most of my problems , I never actually ...
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... tion . It is their right to ask God to relieve them of the tyranny that takes away their sons and daughters . But there is a problem in cre- ating enmity with world Jewry and falling into the habit of cursing them outright and calling ...
... tion . It is their right to ask God to relieve them of the tyranny that takes away their sons and daughters . But there is a problem in cre- ating enmity with world Jewry and falling into the habit of cursing them outright and calling ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 1 |
Introduction to Purification | 13 |
Miserliness | 22 |
Copyright | |
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A'isha Abū Abu Bakr according actions acts of worship Aḥmad al-Zarruq anger angry Arabic arrogance asked become believe benefit blessings cause Companions covetousness creation cure death deeds desire dhikr disease envy evil Exalted example faith fasting fear feel forgiveness God the Exalted God's hadith Hamza Yusuf harm heart heedlessness Hereafter honor hope human humble humility Ibn Abbās Imam Imām al-Ghazālī Imām Mālik Imām Mawlūd mentions Imām Mawlūd says Islam knowledge live Lord Madinah Makkah means mercy miserliness modesty Muḥammad Muslim never Night Prayer vigil obligation once one's ostentation Paradise person pleasure POEM VERSES praise pray prohibited Prophet purification Quran Quraysh Ramadan rancor reciting reflect regard religion remembrance repentance righteous rites of worship root Sacred Law sake Satan scholars seek refuge shame Shari'a shaykh Sīdī Aḥmad sincerity someone soul sound speaks spiritual supplication suras Sūrat Tahajjud things tion tongue tradition Umar wealth whoever wisdom worldly wrong