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come because of necessity, from reasons which I do not enumerate, partly
immediate experience, partly demonstrative knowledge, partly acceptance in
faith, to a realization of various truths.
I saw that man was constituted of body and heart; by „heart‟ I mean the real
nature of his spirit which is the seat of his knowledge of Allah, and not the
flesh and blood which he shares with the corpse and the brute beast. I saw
that just as there is health and disease in the body, respectively causing it to
prosper and to perish, so also there is in the heart, on the one hand, health
and soundness, and `only he who comes to Allah with a sound heart‟ (Koran
26, 89) is saved, and, on the other hand, disease, which is eternal and other
worldly destruction, as Allah Most High says, `in their hearts is disease‟
(Koran 2, 9). I saw that to be ignorant of Allah is destructive poison, and to
disobey Him by following desire is the thing which produces the disease, while
to know Allah Most High is the life-giving antidote and to obey Him by
opposing desire is the healing medicine. I saw too, that the only way to treat
the heart, to end its disease and procure its health, is by medicines, just as it
immediate experience, partly demonstrative knowledge, partly acceptance in
faith, to a realization of various truths.
I saw that man was constituted of body and heart; by „heart‟ I mean the real
nature of his spirit which is the seat of his knowledge of Allah, and not the
flesh and blood which he shares with the corpse and the brute beast. I saw
that just as there is health and disease in the body, respectively causing it to
prosper and to perish, so also there is in the heart, on the one hand, health
and soundness, and `only he who comes to Allah with a sound heart‟ (Koran
26, 89) is saved, and, on the other hand, disease, which is eternal and other
worldly destruction, as Allah Most High says, `in their hearts is disease‟
(Koran 2, 9). I saw that to be ignorant of Allah is destructive poison, and to
disobey Him by following desire is the thing which produces the disease, while
to know Allah Most High is the life-giving antidote and to obey Him by
opposing desire is the healing medicine. I saw too, that the only way to treat
the heart, to end its disease and procure its health, is by medicines, just as it