Hearts are Blind The heart may be sound or sick, or as Allah calls it 'blind'. In Surah Al Hajj Ayah 46,
Allah gives this dire warning: "It is not the eyes that are blind, but
their hearts which are in their breasts." If the heart is sick or blind,
knowledge can produce disastrous results. The blind or sick heart
distorts and dislocates knowledge. In order to benefit from knowledge we
need a humble, sober, unselfish, attentive and grateful heart.
The blindness of the heart has a peculiarity of its own. It is blind
only to what is true and right, but can see all that is false and wrong
and take it to be true and right. If the heart is sick or blind,
everything goes wrong. Even the most beneficial knowledge proves to be
too inadequate, weak and dangerous. The blind heart can create havoc.
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