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The diseases and their cures
The Cure drew up a list of candidate subjects and kept only those the Arabic text supports: a topic appears here only when passages in the Arabic edition mention it, and the number shows how many. The grouping and the English names are The Cure’s; each Arabic name is wording that occurs in the book. Topics marked briefly discussed are real but minor in this particular book.
Diseases of the heart
Inner ailments the book names and describes.
العشقPassionate infatuationʿIshq105 passages الاغترارSelf-deception and false hopeAl-ightirār37 passages اتباع الهوىFollowing one's desiresIttibāʿ al-hawā35 passages الغفلةHeedlessnessGhaflah20 passages الشهواتAppetites and lustsAl-shahawāt19 passages حب الدنياLove of this worldḤubb al-dunyā18 passages البخل والشحMiserlinessAl-bukhl wa-l-shuḥḥ8 passages الغضبAngerAl-ghaḍab7 passages briefly discussedالجاهLove of praise and statusAl-jāh7 passages briefly discussedالكبرPride and arroganceKibr5 passages briefly discussedالحسدEnvyḤasad3 passages briefly discussed
Sins the book examines
Specific sins and their consequences.
States of the heart
Conditions that sins produce in a person.
حرمان الرزقDeprivation of provisionḤirmān al-rizq14 passages الإصرارPersisting in sinAl-iṣrār13 passages الوحشةEstrangement from AllahAl-waḥsha12 passages نسي نفسهForgetting oneselfNasiya nafsahu6 passages briefly discussedأمراض القلوبSickness of the heartAmrāḍ al-qulūb5 passages briefly discussedالطبع على القلبThe rust and sealing of the heartAl-ṭabʿ ʿalā al-qalb5 passages briefly discussed
Remedies
What the book prescribes as cure.
محبة اللهLove of AllahMaḥabbat Allāh116 passages التوبةRepentanceAl-tawbah93 passages الخوفFearAl-khawf53 passages الدعاءSupplicationAl-duʿāʾ53 passages غض البصرThe glance and lowering the gazeGhaḍḍ al-baṣar34 passages الذكرRemembrance of AllahAl-dhikr28 passages الصبرPatienceAl-ṣabr27 passages الرجاءHope in AllahAl-rajāʾ22 passages حسن الظن باللهGood expectation of AllahḤusn al-ẓann bi-llāh18 passages التوحيدTawḥīd — worshipping Allah aloneAl-tawḥīd16 passages الاستغفارSeeking forgivenessAl-istighfār15 passages التوكلReliance on AllahAl-tawakkul14 passages الإخلاصSincerityAl-ikhlāṣ9 passages القرآن كله شفاءThe Qurʾan as a cureAl-Qurʾān kulluhu shifāʾ6 passages briefly discussed
Practices
Acts of worship discussed in the book.
Themes and concepts
Recurring ideas that frame the discussion.
عقوبات الذنوبThe consequences of sinsʿUqūbāt al-dhunūb124 passages الشيطانThe devil's approachAl-shayṭān46 passages دواءDisease and its remedyAl-dāʾ wa-l-dawāʾ35 passages الجهلIgnoranceAl-jahl33 passages اللسانThe tongueAl-lisān32 passages الكبائرMajor and minor sinsAl-kabāʾir28 passages الخطراتPassing thoughtsAl-khaṭarāt26 passages عذاب القبرThe grave and its punishmentʿAdhāb al-qabr23 passages القدرDivine decree and meansAl-qadar22 passages الحياءModesty and shameAl-ḥayāʾ11 passages الغيرةProtective jealousyAl-ghayrah11 passages الخطواتSteps towards sinAl-khuṭuwāt4 passages briefly discussedالقلب السليمThe sound heartAl-qalb al-salīm3 passages briefly discussed