(The discourse on the heart: the heart does not settle except in a vessel; it is below the body, possessing a roaming nature, seeking a rest that is pleasing in its proximity; so you see it like the bewildered one)
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The Shaykh :"So the heart does not settle except in a vessel"
Glory be to Allah, a word of great wisdom. The heart does not settle except in a vessel, but what is this vessel in which it settles? It may be a vessel of good, or it may be a vessel of evil, but
"*** so it is below the body, possessing a roaming nature" Is this correct?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it correspond to reality?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it corresponds to reality. We are sitting here now, sitting here, and the hearts of some of us are
The student: ...
The Shaykh : going right and left, yes, those in the East and those in the West. The heart roams while the body is in one place. For this reason, he says: "*** so it is below the body, possessing a roaming nature
He seeks for him a dwelling that is pleasing to be near *** so you see him like the distracted, bewildered one
The bewildered one is the confused one, and "confused" is an emphasis.
"It loves this, then desires another; so it remains moving throughout the ages"
Then he gave an example, saying:
"If it had attained every beauty and every leadership, it would not have been at peace and would have remained in a state of turning"
If it had attained every beauty and every leadership, it would have wished for something better and broader than it, better than this beauty and broader than this leadership. I say, for example, I am an emir over this piece of land, and by Allah, I wish I were like so-and-so, an emir over a large region. Yes, a beauty. He says, by Allah, I wish I had a woman more beautiful than this one. Yes, the one I have is old. Yes, her hair is gray and her face is wrinkled, and I want a young woman, is that not so? Even though she was young at first and satisfied him, but the situation changed, so he seeks something better than her.
"Rather, if it had attained the entire world, its eyes would not have been satisfied with what it had attained"
He spoke the truth, may Allah have mercy on him. If he were given the entire world, he would desire a greater world than it; it does not settle.
Glory be to Allah, a word of great wisdom. The heart does not settle except in a vessel, but what is this vessel in which it settles? It may be a vessel of good, or it may be a vessel of evil, but
"*** so it is below the body, possessing a roaming nature" Is this correct?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it correspond to reality?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it corresponds to reality. We are sitting here now, sitting here, and the hearts of some of us are
The student: ...
The Shaykh : going right and left, yes, those in the East and those in the West. The heart roams while the body is in one place. For this reason, he says: "*** so it is below the body, possessing a roaming nature
He seeks for him a dwelling that is pleasing to be near *** so you see him like the distracted, bewildered one
The bewildered one is the confused one, and "confused" is an emphasis.
"It loves this, then desires another; so it remains moving throughout the ages"
Then he gave an example, saying:
"If it had attained every beauty and every leadership, it would not have been at peace and would have remained in a state of turning"
If it had attained every beauty and every leadership, it would have wished for something better and broader than it, better than this beauty and broader than this leadership. I say, for example, I am an emir over this piece of land, and by Allah, I wish I were like so-and-so, an emir over a large region. Yes, a beauty. He says, by Allah, I wish I had a woman more beautiful than this one. Yes, the one I have is old. Yes, her hair is gray and her face is wrinkled, and I want a young woman, is that not so? Even though she was young at first and satisfied him, but the situation changed, so he seeks something better than her.
"Rather, if it had attained the entire world, its eyes would not have been satisfied with what it had attained"
He spoke the truth, may Allah have mercy on him. If he were given the entire world, he would desire a greater world than it; it does not settle.