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Everything which takes you away from knowledge of God and His tawḥīd (Oneness) ... undoes purification of the heart in understanding God.
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The quote says that anything distracting a person from knowing God and recognizing His oneness weakens the heart’s spiritual purification. In this view, understanding God is not separate from inner cleansing: whatever pulls someone away from that understanding undoes part of that purification.
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