The Kinds of Hearts
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بِسَنَدي المُتَّصِلِ إِلى ثِقَةِ الإسْلامِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِي عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الجَهْمِ عَنِ المُفَضَّلِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قَالَ:
إنَّ القُلُوبَ أَرْبَعَةٌ: قَلْبٌ فِيهِ نِفَاقٌ وَإيمَانٌ، وَقَلْبٌ مَنْكُوسٌ، وَقَلْبٌ مَطْبُوعٌ، وَقَلْبٌ أَزْهَرُ أَجْرَدُ. فَقُلْتُ: مَا الأَزْهَرُ؟ قَالَ: فِيهِ كَهَيْئَةِ السِّرَاجِ. فَأَمَّا المَطْبُوعُ فَقَلْبُ المُنَافِقِ، وَأَمَّا الأَزْهَرُ فَقَلْبُ المُؤْمِنِ إنْ أَعْطَاهُ شَكَرَ وَإنِ ابْتَلاهُ صَبَرَ. وَأَمَّا المَنْكُوسُ فَقَلْبُ المُشْرِكِ. ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ: ﴿أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ.﴾ فَأمَّا القَلْبُ الَّذِي فِيهِ إيمَانٌ وَنِفَاقٌ فَهُمْ قَوْمٌ كَانُوا بِالطَّائِفِ فَإنْ أَدْرَكَ أَحَدَهُمْ أَجَلُهُ عَلَى نِفَاقِهِ هَلَكَ، وَإنْ أَدْرَكَهُ عَلَى إيمَانِهِ نَجَا.
With my continuous chain of transmission reaching up to the Thiqat al- Islam Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Kulayni (R) from a group of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from his father, from Harun ibn al-Jahm, from al-Mufaddal, from Sa’d, from Abu Ja’far (A) that he said
“Verily, the hearts are [of] four (kinds) the heart that has [both] faith and hypocrisy in it, the heart that is inverted and upside down, the heart that has been sealed and is darkened, the heart that is clear and luminous (al-azhar).” [Sa’d], the narrator, says, “I asked him, “What is meant by ‘al-azhar’?” He replied, “it is a heart that has the likeness of a lamp. As to the heart that has been sealed, it is the heart of a hypocrite. The heart that is luminous is that of the believer, who is thankful when God gives him and is patient when subjected to tribulation. As to the heart that is inverted, it is the heart of the polytheist.” Then he recited this verse: What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path? (67:22) [Then he added]; “As to the heart wherein is faith and hypocrisy-they were a people who lived in Ta’if; so if one of them should die in the state of hypocrisy, he would perish, and should he die in the state of faith he would attain salvation.”Source: Usul al-Kafi, vol. II, p. 422, “kitab al-Iman wa al-kufr” “bab fi Zulmah qalb al-munafiq” hadith 2.
