The Human Heart

There are four types of humans in this world.

-The people who worship nothing in this life.

-The people who worship God, but they associate somebody with him as a way of reaching him.

-People who believe in God but do not practice.

-People who worship God alone. (These people share a very important and focussed idea; in other words they are balanced now).

Why is that so?

So I started thinking about God's wonder in us as a human body. Earlier I had mentioned that we are focused, balanced people by worshipping God alone, and I think the reason is that because we love him first. So we share the love of God, and love comes from one source and that is the heart. As he mentioned in verse 64:11

"Nothing happens to you except in accordance with God's will. Anyone who believes in God he will guide his heart. God is fully aware of all things."

Now, how can he guide our heart, if we don't feel him or believe in him. The answer is yes, as God said in verse 8:24

"And know that God intervenes between the human and his heart and that to Him you are being gathered."

So it looks like God is in our heart and in our body. And that is verified by the words in the Koran

"… and blew into him my spirit" (15:29)

Scientists, psychologists, neurologists and physicians (all of which have less than 70 years history), have spent money and time to come to the conclusion that the heart is the source of everything - love, feeling, thinking, and disease. The following verse confirms that this was common knowledge (known to the people over 1400 years ago). Verse 7:179

"We have committed to hell multitudes of jinns and humans. They have hearts with which they do not think or understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear. They are like animals; no, they are far worse - they are totally unaware."

The above verse is very powerful. In the English translated version of the Quran, the word "qualb" has been translated as "mind" or "thought" or "innermost". In Arabic, the true meaning of the word "qualb" is "heart". The word "akal" is the translation for "mind" or "brain". To be close to God we should think with our hearts - verse 22:46

"Did they not roam the earth, then use their hearts to understand, and use their ears to hear? Indeed, the real blindness is not the blindness of the eyes, but the blindness of the hearts inside the chest."

The above verse leads us to understand that the center of our life is our heart - if we use it, it will take us closer to God, and if we don't then we will go astray. This thought is verified in the verse 8:12

"Recall that your Lord inspired the angels 'I am with you'. So support those who believed. I will throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved."

Our daily lives are very fast and require fast action. Our brain provides "fast" thought and so we don't use our hearts. Because our life is so fast we became lazy and use the brain (a quicker tool) for thinking, forgetting to use our heart. When we argue, very often we use our brains. We say things that we have not given a lot of thought to, and we hurt the ones we love. People will know the difference when you convey a message from the brain or from the heart. This is when God was talking to the Prophet in verse 3:159

" Have you been harsh and mean-hearted? They have abandoned you."

God was telling the Prophet to have a soft heart towards the people who have not yet fully submitted.

In the Quran, God has mentioned the word "heart" 132 times. Studies have shown that the first muscle to be completed in a fetus is the heart. And the heart starts beating 25 days after conception, and beats non-stop till death. Today, scientific studies have tied the heart into being a core part of nature.

According to Paul Pearsall, in the book "The Heart's Code", our heart seems to share its code with all systems in the Universe. Poets and scientists know that we pulsate with energy and that this rhythm and pulsation are intrinsic to all life. (page: 70).

If we agree with the idea that the heart is our focus in life, then God is going to see what is in it on the day of judgement. In verse 3:154

"God thus put you to the test to bring out your true conviction and to test what is in your heart, and God is fully aware of your innermost thoughts."

And in verse 3:225

"God doesn't hold you responsible for mere utterance of oath; He holds you responsible for what your heart gains. God is forgiver, clement."

So, God judges you on what is in your heart. So fill your heart with love for him, and for all his angels, messengers and his books.

If your heart is full of thoughts of good deeds, God will give you guidance. Verse 8:70

"If God knew of anything good in your heart, he would have given you better than anything you have lost, and would have forgiven you."

God mentions that the Quran has come with healing for the heart. Verse 10:57

"O people, enlightenment has come to you herein from your Lord, and healing for anything that troubles your hearts, and guidance, and mercy for the believers."

Scientists and physicians doing research on the heart, say that the heart can cure disease. The cells of heart also have the power to store memories. From the book "The Heart's Code" comes the story of an eight-year-old girl who received the heart of a murdered ten-year-old girl. The patient's mother brought her to a psychiatrist when the little girl started screaming at night about her dreams of a man who had murdered the donor. The mother said her daughter knew who it was. After several sessions, the psychiatrist could not deny the reality of what this child was telling her. They finally decided to call the police and using the descriptions from the little girl, they found the murderer. He was easily convicted with the evidence the little girl provided. The time, the weapon, the place, the clothes he wore, what the little girl he killed had said to him … everything the little heart transplant recipient reported was completely accurate."

I would like to encourage every submitter to do his own search into what a powerful heart God has given us. A heart to use in feeling, thinking, loving. A heart to cure disease.

Our mission is to have a pure, loving heart. God mentions in verse 26:89

"Only those who come to God with pure heart (will be saved)"