■ Why Is the Latifa Qalb / Spiritual Heart Placed at the Station of Divine Love?
Many people think spirituality starts and ends with prayer, reading books, or using the mind a lot.
But ❝No, the real story begins inside the heart.❞
Allah created the Latifa Qalb / Spiritual Heart of Prophet ﷺ 7000 years before his soul.
This alone tells us something powerful.
It tells us that love comes before identity, and the heart comes before the mind.
Then Allah placed this Latifa Qalb / Spiritual Heart at a very special place called the Station of Love.
Now pause here.
This is not a poetic sentence. This is a spiritual system.
Heart + Station of Love = Ability to Love Allah ﷻ
Without the Station of Love, the heart stays dry.
Zikr Allah Hoo Is the Washing Machine of the Heart
When Allah’s name Allah Hoo is remembered inside the Latifa Qalb Spiritual Heart, it works like a washing machine.
Dirt here does not mean mud or dust. Dirt means jealousy, ego, pride, hatred, fear, and selfish love.
Zikr Allah hoo cleans layer by layer.
But cleaning is not the final goal.
Cleaning only prepares the heart to receive love.
And here is a very important point many people miss.
Allah ﷻ does not give His love to:
the body
the eyes
the intellect
Allah ﷻ gives His love only to the Qalb / Spiritual Heart.
Why Books Cannot Teach Love ?
Books are read by the mind.
But the heart does not read.
So no matter how many books someone studies, love will not enter the heart through pages.
Love enters only through placement.
So how does Allah ﷻ teach the heart to love?
Very simply, very stylishly.
Allah places the heart in the Station of Love, which is like an Ocean of Agape Love (Behr e Ishq).
The heart is dipped into this ocean. Waves of love touch it from every side. It stays there for the time Allah decides. It absorbs love, just like cloth absorbs color.
Then Allah ﷻ takes the heart out and places it back into the chest.
Now that heart is no longer ordinary.
It is dyed in divine love.
In the case of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his heart stayed there for 5000 years.
What About the Soul and the Latifa Ana?
The soul of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was created 70,000 years before the soul of Adam ؑ.
His Ana (Higher Self) was created 1000 years before his soul.
Allah ﷻ placed his Ana at the Station of Divine Union (Maqam-e-Wasl).
So love and union both were completed before his physical arrival in this world.
This shows us a deep spiritual order.
Simple formula again:
Heart → Love
Ana → Union
This is not just information.
This is the Customary Practice of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
For his followers:
the Latifa Qalb / Spiritual Heart is taken to the Station of Love
the Latifa Ana is taken to the Station of Divine Union
This is inner Sunnah, hidden Sunnah, living Sunnah.
Bulleh Shah said:
❝You are bending and twisting your body, but your Beloved is not looking at you. What is the use of this useless bending?❞
Meaning, outer actions without inner love do not attract Allah ﷻ.
Allah ﷻ says:
❝He has written faith into their hearts❞
(Surah Al-Mujadilah 58:22)
Notice, Allah ﷻ did not say mind or tongue.
He said heart.
Why Love Sees and Intellect Is Blind ?
People say love is blind.
That is not true.
Love sees clearly.
It is the intellect that is blind to love.
The mind asks for proof. Love needs presence.
The head calculates. The heart recognizes.
When the heart is filled with divine love, the aura changes.
Even without speaking, such a person brings calm, safety, and warmth.
This is why some people feel peace just by sitting near lovers of Allah ﷻ.
Love becomes visible energy.
So Clean your heart before correcting others.
A dirty heart giving advice is like muddy water trying to wash something.
If love was a mental skill, intelligent people would love Allah ﷻ the most.
But history shows simple-hearted people often reach Allah ﷻ faster.
So logically, love belongs to the heart, not the brain.
Some people Says…
❝This is imagination. Hearts cannot travel.❞
Answer:
Electricity cannot be seen either, yet it powers the whole world.
Wi-Fi is invisible, yet it carries voices and images.
So why is it hard to accept that the Latifa Qalb / Spiritual Heart operates in a realm beyond physical sight?
If emotions can change hormones, heartbeat, and body chemistry, then clearly inner realities affect physical systems.
So spiritual movement affecting the heart is not illogical, it is consistent.
Modern science accepts that the heart has its own neural system and memory.
Sufism already knew this.
The heart is not a pump only, it is a receiver and transmitter.
At a certain point, the Qalb / Spiritual Heart must leave the body for a while.
It swims. It dances. It laughs. It cries. It dissolves in love.
Only then does true love of Allah ﷻ become possible.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 