Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

This work transcends any particular faith or ideology, and the commmentary given by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf speaks to him as a modern day scholar. its truly moving, inspiring, and touches upon an imporatnt subject matter not often spoken about--- Joel A. Champ (IL United States) This is perhaps one of the most important books for muslims that has been written in a long time. The point of Islam, the ultimate goal, is to transform ourselves until we have attained to a pure heart. The Qur'an itself says that, "On the day of judgement no one is safe save the one who returns to God with a pure heart". When we die everything will pass away and all we will be left with is our hearts and our deeds. This is why purifying our hearts is of uptmost importance and this book transmits the distilled wisdom of the ancient doctors of the heart. Reading this book will give you the tools to identify and treat all the diseases of your heart, its just up to you to put it into action. I should also mention that this book is the outgrowth of a 24-tape audio lecture on the same poem. The audio was also done by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf--- IbnAbidin (Canada) It doesn't matter what your faith is, this is a book worth reading. It address very real human problems that we are facing especially after the events of 9/11. It was very surprising for me to read that Hamza Yusuf was trained in traditional/classical Islam. I always thought that traditional Islam, (the madrasas system that I hear about on CNN and Fox News), was the cause of some Muslims fanatical nature. I thought Mr. Yusuf's speeches were very insightful (www.zaytuna.org - under the audio section). I think non-Muslims and especially MUSLIMS (the ones that are shown on TV yelling and screaming all of the time) can benefit a great deal from this book---New York CEO (New York, NY USA)