53 Preface لِيَجعَلَ ما يُلقِي الشَّيطانُ فِتنَةً لِلَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ وَالقاسِيَةِ قُلوبُهُم ۗ وَإِنَّ الظّالِمينَ لَفي شِقاقٍ بَعيدٍYusuf AliThat He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a trial1 for those in whose hearts is a disease and who are2 hardened of heart: verily the wrong-doers are in a schism far (from the Truth):If any suggestion comes to the human mind that is not in accordance with God’s Will and Plan, it has two opposite effects: to evil minds it is a trial and a temptation from the Evil One, but to the mind well-instructed in Faith, it stands self-condemned at once, and becomes a means of strengthening the Faith and stimulating redoubled efforts to conform to the Will of God.Cf. 2:10. I understand the “disease in the heart” to be an earlier state of curse, which leads in an intensified form to a complete “hardening of the heart”.