how to soften the heart by sheikh muhammad mukhtaar ash shinqitee
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How to Soften the Heart
Indeed the softness of the hearts, its submissiveness
Its dejectedness to its Creator and Originator is a privilege from
the Most Merciful
A gift from the Just Ruler, deserving of pardon and forgiveness
It is a strong sanctuary and protected
fortress from transgression and sin
The heart does not soften itself to Allah Most Great and Glorious
except that its owner races to good
Busy in obedience and pleasure
The heart does not soften and humble itself to Allah
Most Great and Glorious
Except that you find it the most eager to obey and love Allah
So it is not reminded except that it remembers
It is not made to ponder except that it ponders and reflects
Humility does not enter upon a heart
Except that you find it at peace with the remembrance of Allah,
his tongue constantly thanking Him and praising Him, Most High
The heart does not soften itself to Allah Most Great and Glorious
Except that you find its owner the furthest from disobeying Allah
Most Great and Glorious
So a soft heart is a submissive heart in front of the Greatness and
Power of Allah Most Blessed and Lofty
The callers of shaytaan do not try to tempt him away
except that he is humbled out of fear of The Most Merciful,Most Praised and Lofty
No caller to misguidance and desires approach except
that the flesh of that heart trembles out of immense fear of
The King, Most High and Praised
The soft heart, its companion is sincerity and how sincere it is!
The soft heart, is a friend and what a great friend!
But who is able to grant us a soft and humble heart?
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Who can bless us with a heart
submissive and repenting to its Lord?
Who, if He wills, can transform this heart into the softest of hearts
in remembering Allah Most Great and Glorious and the most
fearful of His Signs and Exhortations!Who is He?
Glory to Him, none has the right to be worshipped save Him
The hearts are between two of His fingers
He turns them as He wills
Such that a slave finds his heart the hardest of hearts
But Allah willed nothing but His Mercy
Allah willed nothing but His Gentleness,
Generosity and Magnanimity
Until comes to it this strange moment
when faith penetrates its innermost cores
After which Allah permits its owner to be chosen
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah
From those recorded as wretched to those as happy
From the hard hearted to those with soft hearts
After he was harsh and rough
Not recognising good and not condemning evil,
ruled by his desires
Then suddenly he turns to Allah with his heart and soul
Suddenly this heart
That would daringly transgress Allahs limits
His limbs would follow this daringness to sin
Then in one moment his condition changes
His end becomes goodHe changes so that he begins reflecting
about where to place his every foot in his life
My dear Muslims, this is a blessing
You will not find a blessing more noble or virtuous than it,
A soft heart, repenting to its Lord Most Blessed and High
Indeed Allah Most Great and Glorious has informed us
That no heart is prevented from this blessingExcept that its companion is promised a punishment from Allah
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Allah Most High says:
Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened
against the remembrance of Allah. (39:22)
Woe and punishment to the hard heart
from remembering Allah
Whereas delight and mercy, happiness and successto the hearts that are dejected and submissive
to Allah Most Blessed and High
For this reason my brothers and sisters
There is no Muslim true to his faith except that he wonders,
what is the means to a soft heart?
What is the means to reach this blessing?
So that I be beloved to Allah Most Great and GloriousA friend form among his Awliyaa
Not knowing comfort, composure or happiness
except through His Love and Obedience,
Most Glorified and High
Because he knows that nobody is prevented
from such a blessing except that he has been
denied abundant good
For this reason, how many a good person is afflicted with situationsWhen they are in need of one to soften their hearts
For the affairs of the heart are amazing
Its state is mysterious
At times it devotes itself to good
So that it becomes the softest it can be before
Allah Most, Glorious and Great
If it were asked to spend all of its wealth
out of Love for Allah, it wouldIf it were asked to sacrifice itself for Allahs sake, it would
These are moments in which Allah Most Great and Glorious
spreads His Mercy to these hearts
There are moments when the believer falls short
before Allah Blessed and Most High
Moments of hard heartedness
There is no person except that a short period occurs
Whereby his heart hardensThus his heart aches
Until it is harder than stone, we seek Allahs refuge!
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There are ways to a soft or hard heart
Allah graciously and out of kindness,
Showed us its path in His Book
So the heart does not soften due to anything greaterThan belief in Allah Most Blessed and High
The slave does not recognise His Lord
through His Names and Attributes
Except that his heart softens to Allah
Most Great and Glorious
It remains within the limits of Allah
No verse from Allahs Book
Nor hadith from the Messenger of Allah
(peace and blessings be upon him) comes to him
Except that his tongue says:
We hear and obey, (we seek Your) forgiveness, Our Lord, to
you is the final destination (2:285)
There is no servant who recognises Allah
by His Beautiful Names
And acquaints himself with His Lord
In Whose Hand is the Dominion
He protects all whilst nobody can protect from Him
Except that you find him racing
to good and refraining from evil
The best means to soften the hearts for Allah
Most Great and Glorious and humble them in veneration
Is awareness of Allah Most Blessed and High
The slave knowing his LordHe should know that there is nothing in this world
except that it reminds us of The Lord
The morning and evening remind us of the Great Lord
The blessings and trials remind us of The Most Gentle, The
Most Kind
Good and evil remind us to Whom
belongs the Command of good and evil.
The Most Praised and Most High
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So whoever recognises and knows His Lord
His heart softens from fear of Allah Most Blessed and Lofty
And the opposite applies
You do not find a hard heartExcept that its companion is the most ignorant of Allah Most
Great and Glorious
The furthest from realising His power and punishment
The most ignorant regarding Allahs blessings and mercy
So much so that you find some people
Despairing of Allahs mercy,
the most despondent of Allahs mercy
We seek Allahs refuge from ignorance about Allah
When one is ignorant of Allah, he will transgress Allahs limits
and boundaries by sinning
He will not recognise anything except night and day
Sin and crime, this is all he knows of this life
He considers this his aim in this life
For this reason my beloveds for Allahs sake
Knowing Allah Most Great and Glorious
Is the path to a soft heart
Whenever you find a person persistently gaining lessons and
contemplating over the Dominions of Allah
Whenever he searches his heart he finds it in softness
He finds his heart humble and lowly before Allah Most
Blessed and High
The second way that humbles the hearts and softens it
Aiding the slave in this out of fear of AllahMost Great and Glorious
Is studying the verses of this Book
Studying this is the path leading to uprightness and precision
Studying the Book, which Allah describes as:
This is a Book, its verses perfected and then
explained in detail from the One, Who is All Wise,
Well Acquainted (with all things)
(11:1)
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A slave does not read these verse
Whilst his heart is contemplating
Except that he finds his eyes shedding tears
His heart fearingHis soul glowing with faith from its deepest core
Desiring the journey to Allah Most Blessed and High
All of a sudden the substance of the heart
Transforms due to the verses, becoming fresh
And productive in good, obedience and love for Allah Most
Great and Glorious
A slave does not read the Quran
Or hear the verses of the Most MercifulExcept that he finds after his recital and reflection
A softness that shakes his heart and skin from fear of Allah
Most Blessed and High
A Book, its parts resembling each other
The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it
That is the Guidance of Allah, He guides therewith whom
He wills and whomever Allah sends astray,
for him there is no guide
(39:23)
This Quran is amazing
Some verses were recited to some companions of the
Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)
Thus transforming them from idolworshippers to Monotheists,
From associating partners with Allah
to the worship of the Lord of lords
Most Praised and High, with just a few verses
This Quran is the Reminder of the Lord of the Worlds
The speech of the God
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The third means from the means
that aid in softening the heart
And its repentance to Allah Most Blessed and High
Is remembrance of the HereafterThat the slave remembers that he is
travelling towards Allah
That he remembers, every beginning has an end
That after death there is no discomfort
After this world there is no final abode
except paradise or hell
So if one remembers that life is vanishing,
pleasures will deplete
And its deceptions are an obstruction
The hereafter will call him
To despise this world and approach his Lord
a remorseful and sincere approach
And by this his heart softens
Whoever looks at the graves and their inhabitants,
His heart humbles
As free as it can be from harshness
and being deceived
We seek Allahs refuge
For this reason, you do not find one
Persistent in visiting the graves and reflecting deeply
When he sees the fathers and mothers
Brothers and sisters
Companions and loved onesBrothers and friends
He sees their resting place
And remembers that he will soon join them
Some of them were neighbours to each other
But their visiting each other was cut off by death
Two graves may be close to one another
However, the difference between them is as the heavens
and the earth in terms of pleasure and fireThe slave does not recall these final outcomes of people
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Which the Prophet
(Peace and blessings be upon him)
expressed sorrow over
Except that his heart softens out of fear of Allah
Most Blessed and High
One dies not stand around a grave
and see the buried individual
Except that his soul prepares itself
as if he is the one entering the grave
He does not stand at the edge of the grave
Except that he sees its companion lowered into it
Thus he asks himself upon what has this coffin been closed?
Upon whom has this coffin been closed?Upon what thing has this coffin been closed?
Has it been closed over an obedient or a sinful slave?
Has it been closed upon fir or delight?
None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,
He is the Knower of their states
He is the Judge, the Just who will judge between them
The slave does not see such spectacles
Nor does his self explore such mattersExcept that his heart trembles from fear of Allah
His dread crumbles before Allah Most Blessed and High
He approaches Allah and rushes to Him
Most Blessed and High, a sincere approach
and humble repentance
My beloveds for Allahs sake
The worst disease to afflict the heart
is the disease of a hard heart
We seek Allahs refuge
And from the worst means to a hard heart
after ignorance of Allah Most Blessed and High
Is reliance upon this world and being deceived by its people
And excessively busying yourself
with its superfluous occurrences
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Indeed this is from the greatest factors that harden the heart
Allah Most Blessed and Highs refuge is sought
If the slave preoccupies himself with buying and selling
He also busies himself with itstransient afflictions and obstructing trials
How quickly his heart hardens
As such things are the furthest from
reminding him of Allah Most Blessed and High
Hence, it is necessary for one who wishes
to dedicate himself to this world
That he endow himself with gentleness and be easy going
Because out religion is not a strict religion
The Most High and Praised did not
forbid what is permissible
Nor did He permit us to prevent
ourselves from all that is good
But gradually taking things easy
The pen has preceded the utmost of destiny
Provisions have been decreed
Man obtains sustenance through various means without
trying to overcome destiny and predestination
One acquires sustenance calmly, content with Allah Most
Blessed and High for whatever little comes to him
Praising and thanking his Creator
See how quickly blessings are assigned to him
He is sufficed from the fitnah of a hard heart
We ask Allahs safety from it
For this reason hence
From the greatest of affairs that necessitate
harshness of the heart is reliance upon this world
You will generally find the hard hearted
people overprotective of this life
Sacrificing everything for it
Sacrificing the times for prayer
Sacrificing in order to commit promiscuity and major sins
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They would never sacrifice a dinar or dirham from it
Hence this world penetrates the heart
This life has branches
If the slave knew the reality of these branches
He would indeed reach the morning and evening gasping
His tongue saying to Allah
My Lord, save me from the trials of this worldly life!
Indeed in this world there are branches
No heart inclines to one of its branches
Except that it tempts him to seek more and more
Until he is distanced far from Allah Most Great and Glorious
Thus he status before Allah falls
Thus Allah does not care for him, nor does He care in whichditch he is destroyed
We seek Allahs refuge!
This slave who forgets his Lord
Whilst rushing towards this world
Honouring and venerating that which is not deserving of ven-
eration
Whilst neglecting The One deserving of veneration, glorifica-
tion and honourThe Most Praised and Lofty
Thus his end is one of the most evil of endings
From the factors that cause a hard heart
Rather from among the greatest factors that harden the heart
Is spending time with evil people
Associating with those in whom there is no good
Hence, one does not become accustomed to companion-
ship in which there is no goodExcept that his heart hardens from remembrance of Allah
Most Blessed and High
Nor does one choose the best of companions to spend time
with
Except that they soften his heart for The One, The Subduer
One does not desire sitting with them
Except that tranquillity comes to him whether he likes it or not
It comes to him so that his innermost heart is at peaceAnd he emerges with piety and success
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Directing his attention to the hereafter
Hence it is necessary for one who spends
time with evil people, to take precaution
Let it be only out of dire necessityWhilst your religion is safe
Because the best wealth in this world is the religion
O Allah, we ask You by Your Most Beautiful Names
And Lofty attributes that You grant us hearts that are soft
And humble to Your Remembrance and Thanks
O Allah we ask You for hearts
tranquil at your remembrance
O Allah we ask You for tongues
dedicated to Your remembrance
O Allah we ask You for perfect faith
True certainty
A fearful heart
Fruitful knowledge
Religious deeds acceptable to You O Most Kind
O Allah we seek Your refuge from trials both apparent and
hidden
Glorified is Your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power, from
what they attribute to Him
And peace be on the Messengers
And All Praise and Thanks are to Allah, Lord of the Worlds
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