A Clean Heart

A Clean Heart

Your heart, in its pure, cleansed state, is the greatest treasure you will ever have. The shaykh knows its worth and works with you constantly to cleanse it of personal and cultural accretions. This is a labor of love and service. The shaykh knows that when the heart is cleansed, it is as though a spirit child is born, a child of the spirit who sees, hears, speaks and knows the language of all living things. Allah’s blessings shower down upon a clean heart.

Qur’an References

Then, whoever does good out of the goodness of their heart, it will be for their own good. (Al Baqara:184)

And whoever believes in Allah, Allah guides their heart. (Al Taghabun:11)

Surely, in this is a reminder for whoever has an observant and perceptive heart. (Qaf:37)

“The Day when neither wealth nor children will help any person, except one who brings to Allah a pure, tranquil heart.” (Al Shu’ara:88-89)

And among the like-minded of his people was Ibrahim [Abraham], who came to his Rab with a whole, sound heart, free from doubt. (Al Saffat:83-84)

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Keywords

akhfa: very deeply hidden; the deepest part of the heart; sirr ul-asrar

fu’ad: spiritual heart; perception center

hadiya (turkish: hediye): gifts; offerings; something given from the heart without obligation

mu’min: believer; one who accepts, believes in and complies with the truth; one who knows in their heart and through their experience that what Allah says and does, and is able to do, are all true

qalb: heart

qalbi zikr: inner zikr

zikr: remembrance; recognition; repeated remembrance with contemplation; mentioning Allah’s name repeatedly with intention, contemplation, glorification or supplication; reminder; the practice of repeating the names of Allah; litany of remembrance

Dua to cleanse the heart

Astaghfirullah, tubtu illallah, wa nahaytu qalbi an ma siwa Allah:

“Allah absolve me, please cleanse my heart of everything but You.”

“Our Rab, please do not make our hearts go astray after You have guided us, and please bestow on us mercy and kindness from Your presence. Surely, You are Al Wahhab [The Bestower]. (Aal-e Imran:8)

This is a message from Murshid Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari published on sufiview.com on July 25, 2022. The translation of the Qur’an verses are also from Murshid Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari.

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