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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Special Salawaat of the month of Sha'ban Chapter 7: Prospering The Ruined Heart From this phrase, Imam Sajjad starts his requests from Allah. Imam starts with requesting help for prospering his heart by obeying God. Renovation of anything causes prosperity and makes it flourish. For example when a market is prosperous, it means that it has many beneficial deals.

A mosque will prosper when many people come for prayer and its neighbors have an active presence in the programs. Flourished garden is a garden with many vivacious trees and the garden has many fruits. The prosperity of a heart is through obeying God and the heart will flourish when we submit to Allah. Quran tell us that for solace of our heart we must direct ourselves to remembrance of Allah.

“The ones who believe and whose hearts feel tranquil through remembering God, Surely hearts feel tranquil whenever God is mentioned!”[^1]. On the other side, a heart when it is inclined to strong will, will gain and will have a strong motive; but if it is not moving towards Allah’s will, it is ruined. Commander of Faithfull, Ali Ibn Abu Talib says, بالطاعة یکون الفوز “Salvation is in obedience of Allah”.

He also said, طاعةالله مفتاح کل سداد وصلاح کل فساد “Obeying God is the key to all the good and the way to correct all the depraved” and advised us, اکرم نفسک ما اعانتک علی طاعة الله “Appreciate yourself by obeying God, as much as you can” and informed us that, اجدر الناس برحمةالله اقومهم بالطاعة “Those who obeyed God the most, deserve most of God’s mercy”[^2] The Corruptions Of Heart Heart in the Islamic thought has a great position.

According to some Ahadith of the Prophet, it is the place in which God has inspired the understanding of good and evil. If we only wish to gather the Hadith about prospering and corruption of heart in a book, it would require several volumes. However, if we cannot catch all the good we must not live without its benefits. We will have a quick look on some of the corruptions of the heart.

Sealed Heart Quran sometime mentions of a heart being sealed because of which it cannot accept the truth anymore.