IbnAhmad
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CABG
It sounds like cabbage but definitely isn’t. CABG is an abbreviation for ‘Coronary Artery Bypass Graft’. Without going into too much detail or terminology, this is a surgical procedure carried out on patients who have an occlusion (blockage) or narrowing of a coronary artery which can eventually lead to a heart attack. A vein taken from another part of the body (usually the leg) is used to bypass a narrowed or blocked coronary artery; this therefore improves blood flow to the heart and reduces the chance of a person experiencing a heart attack.
So how is this related to you & me?
It is related to me because I had first hand experience monitoring the drug therapy of these patients during my cardiothoracic rotation, but besides this I had an opportunity to once more actually reflect on what I saw and how this was related to Allah Ta’ala and His creation.
The heart is an organ essential to the existence of man, just like the brain and other organs. Damage here or there will most likely result in a lifelong heart condition or potentially death depending on the severity.
Allah Ta’ala says in surah Tin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
95:4 We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,
Allah Ta’ala is ‘Al-Bari’ The maker and ‘Al-Musawwir’ The fashioner. He has created all things in proportion. He is the moulder of each form and frame. He is the designer and builder of the heavens and the earth.
هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ
59:24 He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms
A thought to ponder upon…
The heart is essential to the existence of man. Disease can result in death. In this same way our hearts if spiritually ‘healthy’ can take us a long way in becoming closer to our creator but if our hearts become ‘diseased’ and are covered up in sin, we begin to become weak until we reach a stage where it is hard to turn back. Eventually we come to a point where our hearts become ‘spiritually dead’ and this is when we loose all sense of imaan.
There are many things that we do in our day to day lives that lead us down this road of no return. They may seem insignificant to us at the time but just as cholesterol deposits in a patients artery over a period of years and eventually comes to a point where there is complete occlusion resulting in the restriction of blood flow, and then the patient experiences a heart attack; In the same way sin accumulates in the heart until we reach a point where our hearts fail to feel any sense of remorse or regret for anything that we do. The ‘spiritual death’ of our heart is a distressing condition to be in because our heart and our existence has been created to be in sync with the commands of Allah Ta’ala. When we go against His commands, His blessings and mercy are lifted from us, our hearts fall into a state of confusion, our lives begin to fall apart and we are unable to feel the contentment that we once felt, but we remain completely oblivious to the fact that it is our self inflicted distancing from our creator that has put us in this sorry state.
This is the state of a ‘spiritually dead’ heart but what about those of us whose hearts are diseased yet not to the extent where we are ‘spiritually dead’. This means that we have a chance; one of the many chances given to us by Allah Ta’ala. A chance to rectify ourselves, an opportunity to re-establish that flow of goodness and peace to make our hearts ‘alive’ once again.
How do we achieve this?
Our beloved nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam instructed and advised the sahaba radiallahu anhum to keep their hearts illuminated with dhikr. According to our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam the heart is the source of good and bad thoughts and deeds. When there is a degree of neglect on the part of the believer in the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala, bad ideas and thoughts occur and ultimately result in sins. When the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala is abundant, bad thoughts and ideas are suppressed and good ones occur which lead to good deeds.
Ibn Abbas Radiallahu anhu reported that our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam said:
Satan is holding fast mans heart and when man remembers Allah Ta’ala, he leaves the heart and when man becomes careless in remembrance he begins to create ill feelings.
(Bhukari)
In addition our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam also said that everything has a polish and that the polish of the heart is the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala.
The remembrance of Allah Ta’ala is a blessing that can never be counted and the satisfaction cannot be measured. We should ensure that we occupy ourselves in the dhikr of Allah Ta’ala during our daily lives as this will save us from bad thoughts that will disease our hearts and lead us to that road of no return. Dhikr relives us of those worries that would otherwise eat into our hearts and will ultimately improve both our spiritual and worldly life.
May Allah Ta’ala give us the inclination to act upon the beloved teachings of our habib salalahu alayhi wasallam, and may we blessed with the proximity to Allah Ta’ala. Ameen.
On a finishing note, in a few months time I will be blessed with completing a very important and special half of my deen, Inshallah Ta’ala. I therefore humbly request you to remember us in your precious duas. Jazakallahu khair.
CABG
It sounds like cabbage but definitely isn’t. CABG is an abbreviation for ‘Coronary Artery Bypass Graft’. Without going into too much detail or terminology, this is a surgical procedure carried out on patients who have an occlusion (blockage) or narrowing of a coronary artery which can eventually lead to a heart attack. A vein taken from another part of the body (usually the leg) is used to bypass a narrowed or blocked coronary artery; this therefore improves blood flow to the heart and reduces the chance of a person experiencing a heart attack.
So how is this related to you & me?
It is related to me because I had first hand experience monitoring the drug therapy of these patients during my cardiothoracic rotation, but besides this I had an opportunity to once more actually reflect on what I saw and how this was related to Allah Ta’ala and His creation.
The heart is an organ essential to the existence of man, just like the brain and other organs. Damage here or there will most likely result in a lifelong heart condition or potentially death depending on the severity.
Allah Ta’ala says in surah Tin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
95:4 We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,
Allah Ta’ala is ‘Al-Bari’ The maker and ‘Al-Musawwir’ The fashioner. He has created all things in proportion. He is the moulder of each form and frame. He is the designer and builder of the heavens and the earth.
هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ
59:24 He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms
A thought to ponder upon…
The heart is essential to the existence of man. Disease can result in death. In this same way our hearts if spiritually ‘healthy’ can take us a long way in becoming closer to our creator but if our hearts become ‘diseased’ and are covered up in sin, we begin to become weak until we reach a stage where it is hard to turn back. Eventually we come to a point where our hearts become ‘spiritually dead’ and this is when we loose all sense of imaan.
There are many things that we do in our day to day lives that lead us down this road of no return. They may seem insignificant to us at the time but just as cholesterol deposits in a patients artery over a period of years and eventually comes to a point where there is complete occlusion resulting in the restriction of blood flow, and then the patient experiences a heart attack; In the same way sin accumulates in the heart until we reach a point where our hearts fail to feel any sense of remorse or regret for anything that we do. The ‘spiritual death’ of our heart is a distressing condition to be in because our heart and our existence has been created to be in sync with the commands of Allah Ta’ala. When we go against His commands, His blessings and mercy are lifted from us, our hearts fall into a state of confusion, our lives begin to fall apart and we are unable to feel the contentment that we once felt, but we remain completely oblivious to the fact that it is our self inflicted distancing from our creator that has put us in this sorry state.
This is the state of a ‘spiritually dead’ heart but what about those of us whose hearts are diseased yet not to the extent where we are ‘spiritually dead’. This means that we have a chance; one of the many chances given to us by Allah Ta’ala. A chance to rectify ourselves, an opportunity to re-establish that flow of goodness and peace to make our hearts ‘alive’ once again.
How do we achieve this?
Our beloved nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam instructed and advised the sahaba radiallahu anhum to keep their hearts illuminated with dhikr. According to our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam the heart is the source of good and bad thoughts and deeds. When there is a degree of neglect on the part of the believer in the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala, bad ideas and thoughts occur and ultimately result in sins. When the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala is abundant, bad thoughts and ideas are suppressed and good ones occur which lead to good deeds.
Ibn Abbas Radiallahu anhu reported that our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam said:
Satan is holding fast mans heart and when man remembers Allah Ta’ala, he leaves the heart and when man becomes careless in remembrance he begins to create ill feelings.
(Bhukari)
In addition our nabi salalahu alayhi wasallam also said that everything has a polish and that the polish of the heart is the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala.
The remembrance of Allah Ta’ala is a blessing that can never be counted and the satisfaction cannot be measured. We should ensure that we occupy ourselves in the dhikr of Allah Ta’ala during our daily lives as this will save us from bad thoughts that will disease our hearts and lead us to that road of no return. Dhikr relives us of those worries that would otherwise eat into our hearts and will ultimately improve both our spiritual and worldly life.
May Allah Ta’ala give us the inclination to act upon the beloved teachings of our habib salalahu alayhi wasallam, and may we blessed with the proximity to Allah Ta’ala. Ameen.
On a finishing note, in a few months time I will be blessed with completing a very important and special half of my deen, Inshallah Ta’ala. I therefore humbly request you to remember us in your precious duas. Jazakallahu khair.
