Pearls from the Scholars #3: The Three Types of the Self
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah taught that the self a person carries is not one fixed thing — it shifts between three states, and learning to recognize which one is speaking is half of the struggle....
Pearls from the Scholars #2: The Two Thrones of the Heart
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah described the heart as a throne — and said it can only ever belong to one of two owners. In a passage collected in Winning the War Within (Tibb al-Qulub — The Medicine of...
Pearls from the Scholars #1: When Allah Intends Good for His Servant
Ibn al-Qayyim on what Allah opens for the servant He intends good for — a reflection from Remembrance of the Most Merciful.