"We enter the world in a state the Quran calls *fitra*, our original state and inherent nature that is disposed to accept faith and prefer morality. But we soon learn anxiety mainly from our parents and then our societies. The heart is created vulnerable to anxiety and agitation:
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا (Quran, 70:19).
{Indeed, mankind was created anxious}
Those who are protected from this state are people of prayer, people who establish prayer and guard its performance with a humble and open heart connected with God, the Lord of all creation. The highest ranks among people are those who do not allow anything to divert them from the remembrance of God. They are the ones who remember God as they are standing, sitting, and reclining on their sides (Quran, 3:91)."
(The Purification of the Heart: Translator's Introduction, H. Yusuf, 2004, p.6)
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا (Quran, 70:19).
{Indeed, mankind was created anxious}
Those who are protected from this state are people of prayer, people who establish prayer and guard its performance with a humble and open heart connected with God, the Lord of all creation. The highest ranks among people are those who do not allow anything to divert them from the remembrance of God. They are the ones who remember God as they are standing, sitting, and reclining on their sides (Quran, 3:91)."
(The Purification of the Heart: Translator's Introduction, H. Yusuf, 2004, p.6)
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