Page 27 - The Basic Concepts in the Qur’an

In the Qur’an considerable space has been allocated to analyzing the relation between the
heart and human behaviour. This relation comes under several headings.

Allah comes in between the man and his heart

O you who believe! Give your response to Allah and His Messenger, when He calls
you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah comes in between a man
and his heart, and that it is He to Whom you shall (all) be gathered.
(Al-Anfal, 24)

Affection Between Hearts

And (moreover) He has put affection between their hearts: not if you had spent all that
is on the earth, could you have produced that affection, but Allah has done it: for He
is Exalted in might, and Wise.
(Al-Anfal, 63)

And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and do not
be divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah’s favour to you; for
you were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His grace, you
became brethren; and you were on the brink of the pit of fire, and He saved you from
it. Thus Allah makes His signs clear to you, so that you may be guided.
(Al-Imran, 103)

Permeating the Hearts
And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering
height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): “Hold firmly to what We have given you, and
hearken (to the Law).” They said:” We hear, and we disobey.” And they had to drink
into their hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their faithlessness. Say: “Vile
indeed are the behests of your faith, if you have any faith!”
(Al-Baqara, 93)

Piety of the Hearts

Such (is his state): and whoever holds in honour the symbols of Allah, (in the sacrifice
of animals), such (honour) should come truly from piety of heart.
(Al-Hajj, 32)

Hearts to be Reconciled

Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds);
for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage
and in debt; for the cause of Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah,
and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
(Al-Tawba, 60)

Satisfaction of the Hearts

Allah leaves in error whom He will, and guides those who repent and who believe,
and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in
the remembrance of Allah all hearts find satisfaction.
(Al-Rad, 28)