S049 /
A003
Surah: 049 - Ayah: 003
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49:3
The initial stages of piety are within the confines of intention, its intermediate stages are related to speech and the final stages relate to actions. This means that the foundation of piety starts with the state and intention of the heart and passing through different stages of thought, it enters the stage of words and finally it enters the field of actions.
This shows that the foundation and centre of piety is in the human heart, as the wise Qur’an says:
“Those are they whose hearts Allah has tested for piety” (49:3).
And again:
“And whoever respects the signs of Allah, this surely is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts” (22:32).
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