Whosoever desires to purify his heart, then let
him prefer Allaah to his desires!
The heart which is
clinging to its desires is veiled from Allaah, commensurate to the degree that
it is attached to them, the hearts are the vessels of Allaah upon his earth,
hence the most beloved of them to him, are the ones most compassionate, pure and
resistant to deviation. They (the transgressors) preoccupied their hearts [in
the pursuance] of the Dunya, would that they preoccupied them with Allaah and
the hereafter, then surely they would have reflected upon the intended meaning
of his poignant words and verses.
Their hearts would have returned to their
masters with wisdom, marvelously curious and [in possession] of the rarest of
precious gems. If the heart is nourished with remembrance, its thirst quenched
with contemplation and cleansed from corruption, it shall witness remarkable
and wondrous matters, inspiring wisdom. Not every individual who is endowed
with knowledge and wisdom, and assumes its character is from amongst its
people. Rather the people of knowledge and wisdom are those who infused life
into their hearts by slaying their desires. As for the one who slays his heart
and vitalized his desires, then knowledge and wisdom is naked upon his
tongue.
The destruction of the
heart occurs by security [in this Dunya] and negligence, its fortification
occurs by fear and remembrance. If the heart renounces the pleasures of the
Dunya, it settles upon the [pursuance of] pleasures of the Hereafter, and
amongst those who call towards it. Should the heart become content with the
pleasures of the Dunya, those pleasures [of the hereafter] cease [to continue].
Yearning for Allaah
and his meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing
the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord
shall be in a state, calm and tranquil, and whosoever sent it amongst the
people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed. For the love of Allaah
shall not enter a heart, which contains the love of this world, except as a
camel, which passes through the eye of a needle. Hence, the most beloved
servant before Allaah is the one whom He places in His servitude, whom He
selects for His love, whom He causes to purify his worship for Him, dedicates
his objectives for Him, his tongue for His remembrance, and his limbs for His
service.
The heart becomes
sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah and protection
[from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty, and its
clarity is obtained by remembrance. It becomes naked as the body becomes naked,
and its beautification is at-Taqwa. It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body
becomes hungry and thirst, and its food and drink are knowledge, love,
dependence, repentance and servitude.
Al Fawaa’id [pg. 111-112]
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