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and whomever He desires to send astray, He makes his breast
narrow and constricted, as if he were engaged in ascent to the
heaven. So, God casts ignominy over those who do not believe.
(Al-An‘am, 6:125)
(ii) The heart (qalb) can be blind, and filled with doubt and
rancour; but it can also be filled with tranquillity, peace and faith
(indeed, it is the ‘seat’ of faith in human beings). God says:
Have they not travelled in the land so that they may have
hearts with which to comprehend, or ears with which to
hear? Indeed it is not the eyes that turn blind, but it is the hearts
that turn blind within the breasts. (Al-Hajj, 22:46)
They alone ask leave of you who do not believe in God and the
Last Day, and whose hearts are doubtful, so in their doubt they
waver. (Al-Tawbah, 9:45)
And those who will come after them say, “Our Lord, forgive us
and our brethren who preceded us in [embracing] the faith, and
do not place any rancour in our hearts toward those who believe.
Our Lord, You are indeed Kind, Merciful!” (Al-Hashr, 59:10)
He it is Who sent down the Sakinah [great peace] into the
hearts of the believers, that they might add faith to their faith.
And to God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth. And
God is ever Knower, Wise. (Al-Fath, 48:4)
(iii) The inner heart (fu’ad) may be empty and may require
‘strengthening’. In believers it inclines towards the good, but in disbelievers
it inclines towards the bad. However, it possesses (inward,
spiritual) vision, for God says:
And the inner heart of Moses’s mother became empty.
Indeed she was about to expose him had We not fortified
her heart that she might be of the believers (Al-Qasas, 28:10)
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