How does the Qur'an treat the diseases of doubts and desires?
2026-09-21
T67 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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وَالْقُرْآنُ شِفَاءٌ لِمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَمَنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ أَمْرَاضُ الشُّبُهَاتِ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ فَفِيهِ مِنْ الْبَيِّنَاتِ مَا يُزِيلُ الْحَقَّ مِنْ الْبَاطِلِ فَيُزِيلُ أَمْرَاضَ الشُّبْهَةِ الْمُفْسِدَةِ لِلْعِلْمِ وَالتَّصَوُّرِ وَالْإِدْرَاكِ بِحَيْثُ يَرَى الْأَشْيَاءَ عَلَى مَا هِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَفِيهِ مِنْ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ بِالتَّرْغِيبِ وَالتَّرْهِيبِ وَالْقَصَصِ الَّتِي فِيهَا عِبْرَةٌ مَا يُوجِبُ صَلَاحَ الْقَلْبِ فَيَرْغَبُ الْقَلْبُ فِيمَا يَنْفَعُهُ وَيَرْغَبُ عَمَّا يَضُرُّهُ فَيَبْقَى الْقَلْبُ مُحِبًّا لِلرَّشَادِ مُبْغِضًا لِلْغَيِّ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ مُرِيدًا لِلْغَيِّ مُبْغِضًا لِلرَّشَادِ.
English translation
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Selected explanation
The Qur’an is a healing for what is in the breasts. For anyone whose heart has the diseases of doubts and desires, it contains clear proofs that distinguish truth from falsehood. It thus removes the diseases of doubt that corrupt knowledge, conception, and perception, so that the person sees things as they really are. It contains wisdom, good admonition through encouragement and warning, and stories with lessons that bring about the rectification of the heart. The heart then desires what benefits it and turns away from what harms it, becoming a lover of right guidance and a hater of error, after having desired error and hated right guidance.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 10/95
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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