Jumáh Journal--Diseases of the Heart

When the second campaign of Bush (43) started, I remember some words of Al Gore (although he was not running at that time) His words "Power and Greed".
Most Muslims are familiar with the 10th aya of second sura (Al-Baqara)
"In their hearts is a disease and God has increased their disease......"
God Almighty is referring to (Munafiqoon) the type of people who did not believe in Islam although they called themselves Muslims .(Probable English equivalent would be hypocracy)
Hamza Yusuf has translated a book by Imam Mawlud, "Matharat-alQulub" in English (Purification of the Heart) given in that book more than just hypocracy; some are:
hatred
iniquity
wantonness
love of this world
ostentation displeasure with the divine decree
vanity
boasting and arrogance
obliviousness to the blessings
(I have only chosen some not all the ones given in the book)
The root of all diseases is mentioned
Love of the temporal world and covetousness (Tamá) or greed.
Then of course some "treatment" has been offered for us bythe learned writer, evidently a soofi writing and I am not a soofi
Nevertheless the instruction is very useful and helpful for those who wish to "purify" their hearts.
Today's world we see this root of all diseases being the motivation for all the arrogance and War and the resultant misery of the human beings.
"Power and Greed"
No wonder soofis are more effective in "spreading"the word of God" and why "Roomi" is so popular in America.