Martin Lings Professions : Writer Born : January 24, 1909 Died : May 12, 2005 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Martin Lings The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway of living causes a covering like rust to accumulate over the heart so that it cannot sense the Divine origin of Allah's message. Martin Lings islamic wisdom heart More cases of loss of religious faith are to be traced to the theory of evolution. . .than to anything else. Martin Lings theory-of-evolution religious loss Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors