What is meant by the heart (fu'ad) in the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, the hearing, the sight, and the heart, all of that will be questioned about"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: In the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)[Al-Isra 17:36], is the intended meaning of "fu'ad" the heart or the intellect?
Answer:
The meaning is the heart; the meaning of the heart is the heart. "We will make your heart firm" — what does "your heart" mean? It means your heart, yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: In the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)
Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًاAnswer:
The meaning is the heart; the meaning of the heart is the heart. "We will make your heart firm" — what does "your heart" mean? It means your heart, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [118] ما المقصود بالفؤاد في قوله تعالى:﴿إن السمْع والْبصر والْفؤاد كل أولئك كان عنْه مسْئولا﴾؟ — youtube.com
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