Episode 2 - Examining the Life of the Heart

Heart Health Check

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah, my brothers and sisters. The wise person cares more about the health of their soul than the health of their body. Therefore, they constantly ask themselves: Is my heart healthy, or does it have an illness? There is a simple test that reveals the result without cost and without the need for a laboratory. This test is the extent to which you are affected by the Quran.

The Quran is a Healing and Mercy for the Believers

Which verse indicates this? First, Allah the Almighty said in Surah Al-Isra: {And We send down of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.}

Therefore, if you see that the Quran heals you, removes your worries, corrects you, and revives your soul, if you feel while reciting it or listening to it that the mercy of Allah envelops you, surrounds you, and penetrates the veins of your heart no matter the circumstances, then rejoice, you are among the believers; because the Quran is a healing not for everyone but for the believers.

And if you - Allah forbid - are not affected by the Quran, it does not attract you, you do not refrain from your sins after hearing it, and you do not become more active in obedience afterwards, this only happens with the wrongdoers, and Allah's refuge is sought, those who have wronged themselves by following their desires and exposing themselves to temptations, depriving themselves of what is good for them, depriving themselves of the bliss of the Quran.

The Effect of the Quran on Different Hearts

In Surah At-Tawbah, Allah describes a group of people whose hearts have hardened, saying: {And when a surah is revealed, among them is he who says, "This has increased my faith."} Faith is strengthened in their hearts, they become active in obedience, they rejoice in the reward of the believers mentioned in the Quran, and their souls find comfort.

But those whose tools for feeling beauty are distorted, Allah said about them after this verse: {And as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it has added to their wickedness from their wickedness.} And Allah's refuge is sought. The one whose heart is sick because he follows his desires, if he reads the Quran or hears it and finds in it what contradicts his desires, he turns away from the Quran and hates to follow its commands and prohibitions, so his heart becomes more sick.

Heart Check in Our Daily Lives

Brothers, do not think that this speech is confined to a group of hypocrites who have become extinct and no longer exist, but rather let each of us search for this problem within ourselves. When you get into your car or open your shop or go to your office in the morning, you turn on the Quran, then after a few minutes, whether more or less, you turn on the music stations or put on a musical tape full of calls to evil and heedlessness of Allah, has the Quran increased your faith? And if the Quran has increased your faith, can you bear to listen to falsehood afterwards and be pleased with it?

Therefore, the lesson learned from today's session is your effect by the Quran. Your effect by the Quran is the precise examination of the health of your heart. I ask Allah to make us all among those who come with a healthy heart. Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.