Qur'an Talks in the UK (Part 4 of 6)

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

In the fourth session,Shaykh Fadhlalla continues developing the theme of Purification of the Heart and Human Cosmology. The Qur’an repeatedly calls human beings to greater awareness of the complex and incredible mechanism of human life - all of us seek truth beyond change. In this session, Shaykh Fadhlalla discusses the links between knowledge and action via the Qur’anic descriptions of Iman, Islam, Ih’san- the method and modes in which one reads and acts in accordance with the patterns of life to ultimately grow and develop. This section of the series focuses on the call to living higher life, the journey of the soul and the path of goodness, wholesomeness and refinement. Through service and universal generosity humanity can be liberated from the confines of the lower self by the lights of divine life and the virtues of the soul. Developing the right attitudes and navigational keys enables the living heart to constantly witness perfections and follow the arc of life on its sacred journey. This is the exemplar of all the great prophets and masters.

Additional important themes which follow the Qur’anic focus of the series include: Akhira ‘next life’, Ji’had ‘Struggle’, Hij’ra‘migration’. In turning away from errors and difficulties one moves towards the precinct of the soul – “Everything can be changed if the heart has moved in the right direction.” Shaykh Fadhlalla comments on and discusses various traditions in combination with the Qur’anic selections that contour our rich heritage and exemplify human knowledge and excellence whenliving in accord with the divine potential that resides in every heart.