وَمِنْAndعُقُوبَاتِهَاits punishmentsأَنَّهَاthat itتُصَرِّفُdraws awayالْقَلْبَthe heartعَنْfromصِحَّتِهِits healthواستقامَتِهِand uprightnessإِلَىtoمَرَضِهِits sicknessوَانْحِرَافِهِand deviation
And among its punishments is that it draws the heart away from its health and uprightness to its sickness and deviation.
فَلَاSo it does notيَزَالُremainمَرِيضًاillمَعلُولًاafflicted,,لَاnotيَنْتَفِعُbenefitبِالْأَغْذِيَةِfrom the nutritionالَّتِيwhichبِهَاwith itحَيَاتُهُhis lifeوَصَلَاحُهُand reform.
So it remains a sick and afflicted person, unable to benefit from the nourishment that sustains and reforms him.
فَإِنَّIndeedتَأْثِيرَthe effect ofالذُّنُوبِsinsفِيonالْقُلُوبِthe heartsكَتَأْثِيرِis like the effect ofالْأَمْرَاضِdiseasesفِيonالْأَبْدَانِthe bodies,,بَلْratherالذُّنُوبُthe sinsأَمْرَاضٌare diseasesالْقُلُوبِof the heartsوَأَدْوَاؤُهَاand their afflictions،وَلَاand there is noدَوَاءٌcureلَهَاfor themإِلَّاexceptتَرْكَهَاabandoning them.
Indeed, the effect of sins on the hearts is like the effect of diseases on the bodies; rather, sins are the diseases of the hearts and their afflictions, and there is no cure for them except abandoning them.
وَقَدْAnd it hasأَجْمَعَbeen agreed uponالسَّائِرُونَby those who journeyإِلَىtoاللَّهِGodأَنَّthatالْقُلُوبَthe heartsلَاdo notتُعْطَىreceiveمَنَاهَاtheir desireحَتَّىuntilتَصِلَthey reachإِلَىtoمَوْلَاهَاtheir Lord.
And it has been agreed upon by those who journey to God that the hearts do not receive their desire until they reach their Lord.
وَلَاAnd do notتَصِلَthey reachإِلَىtoمَوْلَاهَاtheir Lordحَتَّىuntilتَكُونَthey areصَحِيحَةًcorrectسَلِيمَةًand sound.
And they do not reach their Lord until they are correct and sound.
وَلَاAnd do notتَكُونَthey beصَحِيحَةًcorrectسَلِيمَةًand soundحَتَّىuntilيَنْقَلِبَit turnsدَاؤُهَاits diseaseفَيَصِيرَand becomesنَفْسًاthe sameدَوَائِهَاof its cure.
And they do not become correct and sound until their disease turns and becomes the same as their cure.
وَلَاAnd does notيَصِحَّis correctلَهَاfor themذَٰلِكَthatإِلَّاexceptبِمُخَالَفَةِby opposingهَوَاهَاtheir desires.
And that is not correct for them except by opposing their desires.
فَهَوَىSo the desireهَوَاهَاtheir desires,,مَرَضُهَاis their sickness،,وَشِفَاؤُهَاand its cureمُخَالَفَتُهُis opposing it.
So their desire is their sickness, and its cure is opposing it.
فَإِنْFor ifاسْتَحْكَمَthe disease becomes severeالْمَرَضُthe illnessقَتَلَkillsأَوْorكَادَnearly.
For if the illness becomes severe, it kills or nearly does.
وَكَمَاAnd just asأَنَّthatمَنْwhoeverنَهَىpreventsنَفْسَهُhis soulعَنْfromالْهَوَىthe desireكَانَتِisالْجَنَّةُthe paradiseمَأْوَاهُhis abode.
And just as whoever prevents his soul from desire, paradise is his abode.
فَكَذَاSo likewiseيَكُونُisقَلْبُهُhis heartفِيinهَذِهِthisالدارِworldفِيinجَنَّةٍa paradiseعَاجِلَةٍimmediateلَاnotيُشْبِهِlikeنَعِيمِthe delightsأَهْلِهَاof its peopleنَعِيمًdelightالْبَتَّةَat all.
So likewise, his heart is in this world in an immediate paradise that does not resemble the delight of its people at all.
بَلْRatherالتَّفَاوُتُthe differenceالَّذِيbetweenبَيْنَtheالنَّعِيمَيْنِtwo delightsكَالتَّفَاوُتِis like the differenceالَّذِيthatبَيْنَbetweenنَعِيمِthe delightالدُّنْيَاof this worldوَالْآخِرَةِand the Hereafter.
Rather, the difference between the two delights is like the difference that exists between the delight of this world and the Hereafter.
وهذاAnd thisأَمْرٌis a matterلَاnotيُصَدَّقُbelievedبِهِin itإِلَّاexceptمَنْby those whoبَاشَرَexperienceقَلْبَهُhis heartهَذَاthisوَهَذَاand this.
And this is a matter that is not believed in except by those who experience their heart this and this.
وَلَاAnd do notتَحْسَبْthinkأَنَّthatقَوْلَهُHis sayingتَعَالَىExalted is He﴿إِنَّIndeedالْأَبْرَارَthe righteousلَفِيare inنَعِيمٍdelightوَإِنَّand indeedالْفُجَّارَthe wickedلَفِيare inجَحِيمٍa inferno.
And do not think that His saying, 'Indeed, the righteous are in delight, and the wicked are in inferno,' (Al-Infitar: 13-14) is confined only to the delight and turmoil of the Hereafter.
بَلْRatherفِيinدُورِهِمtheir three abodesالثَّلاثَةِ
Rather, in their three abodes they are also,...
أَعْنِيI mean:.دَارَthe abodeالدُّنْيَاof this world,,وَدَارَand the abodeالْبَرْزَخِ,وَدَارَand the abodeالْآخِرَةِof the Hereafter.
I mean: the abode of this world, and the abode of the Barzakh, and the abode of the Hereafter.