Hawa Hawa English Translation

[Francesca Cruiz]

Hawais the inclination of the disposition (character, personality or nature) to what suits it. This inclination is created in man and it is essential for his existence. Had it not been for his inclination (desire) for food and drink he would not eat and drink. Had it not been for his need to fulfill his sexual desire he would not get married. Therefore, it is not correct to dispraise Hawa in general, but the excessive type of it is dispraised as it trespasses (goes beyond) bringing any benefit or averting harm. [Ibn al-Jawzi]

An example for praiseworthy Hawa is the desire for food, drink, sleep, sexual pleasure, etc. But one needs to be aware that the praiseworthy desire can turn into a blameworthy desire if there is no Jihaad an-Nafs, i.e. no self-restraint. An example of dispraised Hawa is eating excessively, which causes surfeit (glut) and harms the body.

For example: when Allaah guides someone to the right path and his friends who are around him are not upright (i.e. they are astray); they try to make the good seem ugly to him or they persuade him to commit certain sins, etc. They do that, following their evil desires. They put pressure on him to make him change his belief, make him feel that he is not right or that he is strange, while they are right, etc.

There are some people who are zealous (chauvinist) towards their own people, country or nationality (patriotism). This zeal is one of the impacts of Jahiliyyah (the time of ignorance before Islam), and whoever is attributed with such a character is having one of the traits of the people of Jahiliyyah. Such people see themselves as pure, noble and good, whilst thinking others are not. Consequently, if any people other than their own make mistakes, they criticize them, despise them, abuse them (defame them) imprudently, while at the same time they overlook the mistakes of their own folks.

e.g. Many of those who appoint themselves as guardians over the graves, tombs or shrines do not agree with demolishing the tombs and shrines because of the huge amounts of money and gifts they receive from the grave worshippers.

Imaam an-Nawawi (Rahimahullaah) said: Every adult should restrain his tongue from all talk except that in which there is good and in which there is an interest. In the case that talking and abandonment from talking become equal in interest, the Sunnah is holding back from it, because the allowable talk might lead to forbidden or disliked speech. It is better to be on the safe side.

e.g. whenever one sits with someone he likes, he speaks good with him, and whenever he sits with someone whom he does not like, he hardly even greets him; thus this person utters his words according to his Hawa. He sits with religious people and talks about religious topics, and when he associates with the people of Duniya he talks like them, (instead of calling them to good and taking that opportunity to advise them, etc.).

A man does what may seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of Paradise, but he dies with a bad end. This is because of a sickness or ill secret which is hidden in his heart and he is showing contrary to it to the people, and with it he deceives many people. His reality will be revealed in this life before the Hereafter.

One should control and discipline his behaviors and actions and rid himself of Hawa. He should practice Taqwa (fear of Allaah) in all the situations that he goes through and seek forgiveness if he acts wrongly. In addition to that, he should remind himself of what he had previously gone through in similar situations when he had used his Hawa. In this way, he takes care that his reaction and action will be correct in the future.

Ask Him for a good provision. One of the greatest provisions is to have a good companion who helps you in obedience to Allaah. Ask Him to provide you with self-richness (contentment) that prevents you from running after and coveting the worldly enjoyment.

All this will increase your benefit from your knowledge and your life which is your capital investment. Your utmost concern should be to have knowledge, Taqwa and a good companion, and those cannot be attained except by imploring Allaah and showing Him humility.

As salam alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakatuhu brother. You can find the original book (English) here: -dispraise-of-al-hawaa-lowly-desire-imaam-ibn-al-qayyim.pdf and the Arabic version here:

You can also find this particular featured in this Bi Monthly Magazine: -muhajiroon-dhul-qadah-dhul-hijjah-issue-17-6/

And hence the NOBSE Study Bible Name List, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, and even BDB Theological Dictionary report in dubious unison that the name Eve means Life. Here at Abarim Publications we disagree. The "mother of all life" is something that supports life and leads up to it. The "mother of all life" gives birth to life and hence comes before it.

Note the difference between the verb that means to live and the name Eve: חיה and חוה. The verb is spelled with a yod but the name is spelled with a waw. These two letter sometimes interchange, but this verb, and all its many derivations are always spelled with a yod. So yes, Eve is the mother of all life, but her name simply doesn't mean life. It's a leap of critical neglect to assume that when parents call their baby Bob, and say, "because that was the name of our dog," they mean to state that the name Bob means dog.

The verb חוה (hawa) means to lay out in order to live collectively, and describes investing one's personal sovereignty into a living collective like a symbiont. It's mostly translated as to prostrate, which is to submit oneself wholly and bodily to a collective or to the leader of that collective.

Another form of laying out is in proclaiming information that will lead to greater oneness among the hearers. The noun אחוה ('ahwah) means declaration, and is identical to the noun אחוה ('ahawa) meaning brotherhood.

Eve does not mean 'the girl of the two,' and is also not the model for all wives bound to goof up (Keil and Delitzsch' Commentary on the Old Testament). Man and woman are both under the label Adam, and their drive to group up lodge in Eve.

The name Eve denotes the collectivity that is common to the behavior of living things. We should never forget that multicellular creatures, even humans, are in fact highly efficient colonies of single cellular creatures.

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