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Al-qalb al-salīm

القلب السليم

The sound heart

Briefly discussed · 3 passages

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A minor theme in this book. Ad-Dāʾ wa-d-Dawāʾ touches on the sound heart in only 3 passages. What follows is everything The Cure found; it is not a full treatment of the subject.

Ibn al-Qayyim’s discussion

2 key passages

Ibn al-Qayyim’s text

Arabic ed. p. 282 · العيش عيش القلب السليم

والقلب السليم هو الذي سلم من الشرقكء والغل والحقدء والحسد» والشح» والكبر» وحبٌ الدنيا والرياسة. فسلم من كل آفة

English reference translation · short quotation

The sound heart is the one that is free of polytheism, malice, spite, envy, greed, arrogance and an infatuation for the worldly life and leadership in it. …

The Disease and The Cure, tr. Osman Hamid (Hikmah Publications, 2020), p. 263.

Ibn al-Qayyim’s text

Arabic ed. p. 282–283 · العيش عيش القلب السليم

تبعده من الله وسلِم من كل شبهة تعارض خبرّه؛ ومن كل شهوة تعارض أمرّه ِ وسلم من كل إرادة تزاحم مرادف وسلم من كل قاطع يقطع عن الله. فهذا القلب السليم في جنّة معجّلة في الدنيا؛ وفي جنة في البرزخ» وفي الجنة يوم المعاد.

English reference Hikmah edition, p. 263 (aligned match, under “Recollect the Punishments That Allah Has Set for Sins”). The translation is not reproduced here.

All 3 supporting passages

p. 282 ★ (A282-5)
p. 282 ★ (A282-7)
p. 282 (A282-2)

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p. 282العيش عيش القلب السليمEnglish ed.: “Recollect the Punishments That Allah Has Set for Sins” (p. 255)→