Islamic Revival

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Some mistakenly think that an Islamic disposition (nafsiyah) and piety ( taqwa ) can be achieved by only following the commands and prohibitions of Allah regarding the actions of the limbs such as salah, enjoining good, forbidding evil abstaining from all intoxicants and haram relations with the opposite sex. This may lead them to not pay attention or ignore the shariah rules related to the actions of the heart including the muharramat (prohibited matters) and fara’id (obligations) thus leading them to sin and negligence. There is a difference between the topic of intending to do a bad deed and the ahkam relating to the actions of the heart, it is incorrect to assume from the hadith regarding the one who intends to undertake a bad deed but does not carry it out that we are free to lose hope in Allah (swt), have discontentment in the Qada (divine decree), have hatred towards to Muslims, be envious, think badly of upright Muslims, have vanity

The following is the translation of a chapter of the book 'The Essential Elements of the Islamic Disposition (Nafsiyah)' issued by Hizb ut Tahrir and published in Beirut, Lebanon in 1425 AH. The noble Qur’ān is the speech of Allah (swt) which He (swt) revealed to His Messenger Muhammad (saw) via the revelation through Jibreel (may Allah be pleased with him) in word and meaning, whose recitation is an act of worship and it is a miracle transmitted to us via the concurrent ( mutawatir ) narration: ] لاَ يَأْتِيهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ. [ “Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allah).”   [TMQ Al- Fussilat:42] It is protected by Allah (swt): ] إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ [ “Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur’ān) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption) .”      [TMQ Al-Hijr: