Sometimes success and faith are attributed to the heart in the Qur'an, and sometimes to the intellect. What is the relationship between them, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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Sometimes success, faith, and reflection are attributed to the heart in the Qur'an, and sometimes to the intellect. What is the relationship?
The Shaykh : For example?
The questioner :[Al-Baqarah 2:269]
The Shaykh : Which intellects? But what is meant by intellects here is the intellects of guidance, not the intellects of perception.
The questioner : And the heart, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The heart is the seat of the intellect. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hajj 22:46].
The Shaykh : For example?
The questioner :
And none will remember except those of understanding.
وما يتذكر إلا أولوا الألبابThe Shaykh : Which intellects? But what is meant by intellects here is the intellects of guidance, not the intellects of perception.
The questioner : And the heart, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The heart is the seat of the intellect. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said: