Quran that which is healing and mercy for the believers." [Quran
17:82] And also (what means): "O mankind! There has come to you
instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and
guidance and mercy for the believers." [Quran 10:57]
It is narrated on the authority of An-Nu'maan Ibn Basheer whosaid : "I
heard the Messenger of Allaah say : "That which is lawful is plain and
that which is unlawful is plain and between the two of them are
doubtful matters about which not many people know. Thus, he who avoids
doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his
honor, but he who falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is
unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but
grazing therein.Truly, every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allaah's
sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of
flesh which, ifit be whole,all the body is whole and which, if it be
diseased, all of it is diseased. Truly it is the heart." [Al-Bukhaari
and Muslim]
Diseases of the heart are a mixture of suspicions and lusts which can
lead our souls into turmoil and despair. However, Allaah Almighty has
provided us with a special prescription that will cleanse and heal our
diseased hearts: The Quran.
The Quran provides the healing for many types ofailments:
1. It contains proofs and clear evidences which separate right from wrong.
2. It adequately and clearly negates our doubts.
No book on this earth other than the Quran provides such comprehensive
proofs and testimonies in relation to exaltedmatters of monotheism,
confirmation of Allaah's attributes, the Day of Judgment, Prophethood
and refutation of incongruous doctrines and degenerate opinions.
Although the Quran offers a genuine cure for the evils of suspicions
and doubts, its benefitdepends to a large extent on comprehending its
essence and purpose. Those who are blessed with such faculties would
have the ability to distinguish betweenright and wrong, as clearly and
easily as they can distinguish between day and night.
They would know for certain thatall other knowledge and concepts
prevailing among people are either traditions or false presumptions;
however fanciful and appealing they may appear, these would be unable
tooffer a substitute for the Truth orgenuine matters as encapsulated
in the Quran and would provide no benefit.
The Hadeeth (narration) of Prophet Muhammad compares the futility of
such efforts to: "Inferior camel's meat on top of a rough mountain,
neither the hill is easy to climb nor the camel is healthy enough to
get down the hill." [Al-Bukhaari]
In fact, the knowledge obtained by theologians could be found in the
Quran with a much better elaboration and explanation, for the
theologians are inclined to affectation, wordiness and perpetuating
perplexity. They assume that their attitudes help in refuting
suspicions and doubts, but contrary to their presumption, these
suspicions and doubts are better served by their efforts. If healing
and guidance, knowledge and certainty could not be obtained from the
Quran and the teachingsof Prophet Muhammad it would be impossible to
obtain them from the utterances of those perplexed skeptics.
The Quran draws its ability of healing the diseases of lusts by its
wisdom and fair exhortation, through the renouncement of earthly
pursuits and the pursuance of the Hereafter. It draws upon parables
and narrations containing lessons to be pondered. If the heart
assimilated these qualities, it would certainly be inclined towards
good deeds and renounce the evil ones.
The Quran also eliminates spiritual diseases which corrupt our
intentions and prompt us towards ill deeds; hence the heart heals and
returns to its normal nature, where its facultative and self-acquired
deeds excel. The body also returns to its normal functioning by
rejecting whatever contradictsthe right guidance, just like an infant
who accepts nothing but milk. In this course of affairs, the heart
feeds on faith and the Quran which provides it with reprimands,
consolidation, support, gladness, joy and invigoration to establish
its authority, as a body is nourished by what develops and strengthens
it.
The heart and the body would not flourish without adhering to the
Quran. Even if they attained some of the desired results from another
source, the attainment would be very minor and would not serve the
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