Friday, August 19, 2011

O turner of the hearts


I have taken this paragraph explaining one of the supplications of the Prophet to be, ‘O Allāh, turner of the hearts, turn our hearts towards your obedience(Muslim). It reminded me of how much we need Allahswt to keep one guided, that its scary that he can turn the heart away from his path, by our intentions and actions, especially in times of trails or hardship

Taken from http://www.islam21c.com/spirituality/226-dreading-rejection-part-2

"He sees his obedience to his Lord as being inadequate and that even if it were to equal in amount the total devotion of humankind and jinn it would be the least befitting for his Lord. He would also consider as grave the slight disobedience and sin he commits. The subjugation that prevails over the heart prises open all of this.’ And then Ibn al-Qayyim said, ‘What a close mend this is to the broken heart; what a close aid, mercy and provision it is to it and what a benefit and advantage this observation is for it!

A single atom and breath of this is more beloved to Allah than the acts of devotion equivalent to mountains by those who are boastful and amazed at their actions, knowledge and state. The most beloved heart to Allah, may He be glorified, is a heart that has been entrenched with this subjugation and vanquished with such humility; so the servant lowers his head before his Lord, remaining thus out of shame and bashfulness.’"

May our Lord keep our hearts steadfast on the peace of Islam, our tongues and actions pleasing to him AMEEM.

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