hadith
800
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Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “The heart moves from its place and reaches the throat before it can reach God, and calms down when it reaches God.” Then he closed his fist and recited the following verse: “Those whom God (in His Plan) willeth to guide, - He openeth their breasts to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying, - He makes their breast close and constircted” [The Holy Quran: Anam 6:125]
عن الباقر (عليه السلام) قال
إن القلب يتقلب من لدن موضعه إلى حنجرته ما لم يصب الحق فإذا أصاب الحق قر، ثم ضم أصابعه وقرأ هذه الآية: ﴿فمن يرد الله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للاسلام ومن يرد أن يضله يجعل صدره ضيقا حرجا﴾.
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