Harbouring harshness and cruelty towards others

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Question: If a person has harshness and cruelty in his heart [towards others], then what can soften his heart from this harshness and cruelty?

Response: There is nothing better nor befitting than the Noble Qur.aan; that is what will soften the hearts, [as] Allaah (Jalla wa ‘Alaa) said:

{Those who believed [in the Oneness of Allaah], and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allaah, verily, in the remembrance of Allaah do hearts find rest.}, soorah ar-Ra’d, aayah 28

So that which softens the hearts is the Qur.aan, if Allaah were to reveal it:

{…on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of Allaah}, soorah al-Hashr, aayah 21

And likewise the gatherings of the righteous, as well as listening to the Qur.aan, and listening to lectures [encouraging one another upon good], and the [general] remembrance [of Allaah] – this is from what will soften the hearts [in shaa.-Allaah].


Translation originally published on 18 February, 2015.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.