Category: Base Self/ Nafs

The Harm Principle
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The Harm Principle

  Taken from here “Shaytan used rationality to refuse prostrating to Adam عليه السلام. His argument was: He is created from the elements of earth, I was created from the elements of fire. Therefore, I am better than him, therefore, it was incorrect to ask me to do sajdah. Therefore my refusal to do sajdah was not a sin. We do this same […]

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Confronting our Worst Enemy – Shaytan
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Confronting our Worst Enemy – Shaytan

  يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely(perfectly) and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed he is to you a clear enemy. [2:208]   In the month of Ramadan,many of us may have heard that Allah Almighty chains up all […]

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Understanding the Three Types of Nafs
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Understanding the Three Types of Nafs

CII talk delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed. 18-11-10 [Question 1 of 3] Q1: Can you please explain the different types of nafs, nafs-e-ammara, nafs-e-lawwama and nafs-e-mutmainna. A: In the Quran-e-Kareem the word nafs is used in two ways. 1. First way that the word nafs is used, is to indicate our own-self. Some people would translate it in English as self, some people would translate […]

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