AbdelRahman Murphy - Assessing Our Hearts

About this lecture

In this lecture, AbdelRahman Murphy explores what he calls the most important conversation in the Islamic tradition: the purification and health of the heart. Drawing on a powerful verse from Surah al-A'raf, he explains how a diseased heart prevents a person from recognizing Allah in the world around them, and how this spiritual blindness leads to heedlessness and loss in this life and the next. He offers three practical remedies — gratitude (shukr), humility (tawadu'), and repentance (tawbah) — illustrating each with stories, hadith, and insights from Imam al-Ghazali and the companions.