A snippet from ‘Purification of the Soul’ lecture that was presented at Ra’s Alkhaimah 3 Day Ramadan Retreat in United Arab Emirates.
‘The closer the heart is to this Dunyah, the closer it is to the Akhirah and Allah Almighty’
Sheikh explains the verse in Surah hadeed ayah 16 and ends by always having hope in the Mercy of Allah. For if He can give life to dry, barren earth then surely He can give life to a dead heart.
The closest The heart is to this dunya the more distant it is from the author and Allah subhanho wa Taala and the strength of email. This is how it is Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us in Surah to the Hadith, he says alania Leni levena
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For our hearts to experience question of Allah subhanho wa Taala based on the school iron, and that which Allah subhanho wa Taala has revealed in truth. Allah says Allah yaku Luca la Vina keytab and ensure that they do not become like the people before the People of the Book, the Christians and the Jews for Paula and he will admit, they became a victim of this denier. They became attached to this denier, they became a victim of time. The money was in their hearts and not in their hands. their houses were in their hearts are not in their hands, their children was in their hearts and not in their hands where they put their children before Allah they put their children before the message
that the Prophet came with. They became victims of life in this world. For concerts, boo boo home, this is the point. This is the point brothers and sisters, as a result of becoming attached to this dunya their hearts became hardened, their hearts became hardened. And they became distant from Allah. What Kathy you mean when forseeable their hearts became hardened? And they became centers? They became centers? When do you become a center? When this light of demand disappears?
When do you become detached from your after? When the light of your Eman disappears.
This contemplate the Quran brothers and sisters are one of the ways to do to do teskey is to turn around to contemplate over the Quran. This is one of the ways of escape. Their hearts became hardened the light of Eman vanquished worker, the woman who farcical most of them became sinners, but Allah gives us hope. Allah tells the oma Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that if you have a hard heart, don't lose hope. And Allah you
know, that know that Allah can give life to dead land, and Allah can give life to your dead heart, spiritually dead heart, right? Allah is giving us hope that whatever your situation is, my dear brother, and my dear sister, no matter how much you are drowning in sin, no matter how far you feel from the mercy of Allah, no matter how close you feel, you feel you're going to join them you're destined for janome you have no hope. No my dear brother and sister, Allah says, Allah and Allah you feel
that understand the know that Allah can give life to dead land. And if Allah can give life to get land, he can give life to your dead heart. Never lose hope. purified take the means of purification and put your trust in Allah subhanho wa Taala