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bazzar:2735 –
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البزّار:٢٧٣٥ – قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْقَلْبُ مِنْ تَقَلُّبِهِ وَمَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ كَمَثَلِ الرِّيشَةِ بِضَلَاةٍ تَقَلَّبُ بِأَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ يُقَلِّبُهَا الرِّيحُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ

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ahmad:19661 – And Qāl

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The heart is named so because of its constant fluctuation. The example of the heart is like a feather suspended in the root of a tree being turned over by the wind, sometimes showing its top and sometimes its bottom."

أحمد:١٩٦٦١ – قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْقَلْبُ مِنْ تَقَلُّبِهِ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ كَمَثَلِ رِيشَةٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فِي أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ تُقَلِّبُهَا الرِّيحُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ

suyuti:7597a –
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السيوطي:٧٥٩٧a –

"إنَّمَا سُمِّى الْقَلْبُ من تَقَلُّبه، إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ مَثَلُ رِيشَةٍ بالفَلَاةِ تَعَلَّقَتْ فِى أصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ تُقَلِّبُها الرِّيحُ ظَهْرًا لبِطنٍ ".

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