By Ihtisham Tahir of 2nd Year.

The Heart

The wide world of the heart is like a maze but no matter how much the paths look like a hotchpotch, they lead to four regions; not atria and ventricles but hell, heaven, self and graveyard.

Hell is for our hatred, ,jealousy and other such bad habits and wicked things. It is the store-house of the destructive ideas (for oneself and the world as well). Heaven is the place where God lives. Graveyard is the region where we bury things like faults of others, our desires, our sorrows etc.Self is the birth place of our desires and wishes and actually it is the master part. It controls the state of other parts. It can ignite the fire in hell as well as put it out. Similarly the entrance door of heaven of heart is under its control. As far as the graveyard is concerned, it can be empty and can also have graves in it. Again it depends upon the 'self'. But an important thing to be noted is that all these areas have infinite space to expand especially hell and graveyard. One can become a monster in him/herself if the hell continues to spread. Otherwise he/she can be the most contented person if his/her graveyard spreads all the time turning his life into its best form. So don't hesitate and feel bad in forgiving others. You are actually taking advantage for yourself in such a case.

There is a court inside us as well. Its called ''conscience'' but it is not a part of heart. It is like a guard, watching over our heart all the time and telling us which part of heart is dominating and is it right that this part dominates or not. This is the part that thinks. Actually it is directly controlled by Allah. So it means that Allah guides us all the time. He puts the information about the right path in our conscience which we consider as ''thoughts''. So feel free to follow these commands and reach your destination through the shortest path.