ALLAH Resides in Broken
Hearts
“I am with those whose
hearts are broken for
My sake. ” (At haf 6/290)
The heart of a man
receives shocks in
many ways, e.g.
anxieties, troubles,
accidents, casualties,
thus the heart is
broken, but why? Just
to make it a target for
Allah ’s mercy and
bounty.
Dr Iqbal’s Poem:
The heart is like a
mirror. Do not prevent
it from being broken.
It ’s breakage is more
dearer in the sight of
its maker (i.e 

ALLAH

), than
its safety. Almighty
Allah being indeed the
Maker.
Dr Abdul Hayi Sahab
used to say, when 

ALLAH

breaks the heart of any
of His servants, He
desires to lift them to
greater heights. These
shocks, anxieties and
sorrows which come to
men are forced
exertions in deen (faith)
by which the servants
progress in leaps and
bounds to higher
degrees and this is not
possible in normal
circumstances. He used
to recite a couplet:
“The potter threw down
the pot to break it,
saying that after
breaking it, he would
reshape it (in a better
form). ”
“The moon like beloved
ones take up their
residence in deserted
houses. They reside in
the hearts of those
who they ruin. ”
The divine light
penetrates into the
broken hearts, so do
not be afraid of
occasions of sorrow
and shocks. If you truly
and firmly believe in

ALLAH

, then this broken
heart, these rising sighs
and these tears will
take you to greater
heights of spiritual
achievement.
“The Valley of love is
too far off, but some
time a hundred years
long journey is covered
with one sigh, in the
twinkling of an eye. Man
should not therefore,
get dejected and
disappointed with these
shocks and anxieties. ”
Spiritual discourse By
Mufti Taqi Uthmani