Importance Of Heart

It is strange that someone could attach importance to his face, when that is the focal point of the gaze of his fellow creatures! He washes and cleans his face, ridding it of dirt and stains, and makes it as beautiful as he possibly can, so that no creature willdetect any fault in it. But he pays no attention to his heart, though it is thefocal point of the gaze of the Lord of All the Worlds. He ought to purify his heart, adorn it and perfume it, so that the Lord (Magnificent is His Majesty) will not see it marred by any filth, dirt, stain or fault. Instead, he allows it to accumulate a mass of rubbish, filth and squalor, so disgusting that if his fellow creatures caught a glimpse of any part of it, they would avoid him shun him and chase him away! Allah is the One from whom help must be sought! [The Path of the Worshipful Servants - Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali]