Purification-Nafs

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

PURIFICATION OF THE NAFS

NAFS (lower soul/personality/behaviour)— etymologically is the essence and reality of anything.it is the source of evil and wickedness. Both the nafs (lower soul) and the ruh (spirit) are subtle things and exist in the heart (one is the mansion of  evil, while the other is the mansion of good). The essence of a person is the nafs and not the physical body. Thus personality or behavior is referred to the nafs. A human being is both body and soul, matter and spirit. A human being is born in a natural state of purity, fitrat al Islam. The potential to do good or bad exists at the beginning. nafs will never let you to seek the Truth. submission to nafs is to oppose Allah’s will.To fulfill the desires of your nafs (lower soul) is the origin of infidelity.

“He who knows himself already knows his Lord, i.e. he who understood the annihilation of his nafs (lower soul), he found the secret of everlastingness of his Lord.” “Who apprehended the humility of his nafs (lower soul), he understood the lordship of his Lord.” It is incumbent upon all seekers of the Truth to acquire its knowledge, because one who is ignorant of himself is yet more ignorant of others. “The Mujahid (striver) is he who diligently struggles against his nafs (lower soul) for the sake of Allah.” It is a great accomplishment to go up against desires and crush the ills of nafs (lower soul).

UNION–“What is union (with Allah)?” “is to renounce passion,” One must safeguard against lust, so that he might attain proximity of the Truth. Divine protection is the remedy of all the evils of the nafs and cure of all the diseases. Unless aid of Allah is not with him, his efforts are of no use. no devotion is more superior than opposing the self sensual desires

ENEMIES——1.world/dunya 2.devil/shaitan 3.nafs/ego 4.hawa/passion(desires)

CONTROL-eyes,ears,legs,hands,stomach,tongue and private parts.

SHAITAN WORKS —–1.by inducing heedlessness/ghaflat –be alert when you do prayers/work.2.by inducing hawa/passion-be satisfied with what allah swt gave and be thankfull.3.by inducing anger-recite tawooz ,drink water ,sit down or sleep,walk out of the place.4. obstructs you from doing acts of obedience .He commands you to show off/ arrogance and pride in your heart .do deeds for allah and his rasool’s pleasure not for anything else.keep reading quran regularly.

the resistance to the nafs (lower soul) is the truth of all acts of devotion and the brilliance of all acts of selfmortification, and without it man can not find his way to Allah because submission to the lower soul is his destruction and resistance to it is his salvation. The actions of nafs (lower soul) =sins and disobedience of the command of Allah. friendship of allah is attained by opposing the nafs.sins are removed by repentance and disobedience is removed by self discipline(opposing nafs).resistance to nafs is the best of actions. The most manifest quality of the nafs is lust and is served by all the senses. Man is entrusted to guard and is answerable for all their acts.

THE LUST OF:- the eye is sight,- of ear is listening,- of nose is smell,- of tongue is speech,- of palate is taste,- of body is touch, and – of the mind is thought( stop thinking when you get bad thoughts and just ignore it)

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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