Nafs

In other words, the 'Nafs' employ a totally different type of tactics!

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As a result, he suddenly finds courage, heretofore unknown to him, and now has a different view of the might of the 'Nafs'.

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Those who engage themselves in solitary worship at this high stage, in effect become victims of covert manpowers (deception) by the 'Nafs' which succeeds in 'fooling' a man into believing something to be proper and good, whereas in reality it is not proper for him and is against Allah's commands.

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But the 'Nafs' being a habitual "mischief-monger" resorts to guile and deception.

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The 'Nafs' is an "aggressor" by nature, and its aggression against the 'Ruh' increases in proportion to the increase in strength of the 'Ruh' (upto a certain stage).

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Having achieved domination over his 'Nafs', the 'Salik' tends to feel proud and may fall prey to yet another deceptive tactic of the 'Nafs'.

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Inflicting physical and mental cruelty on other i.e. persecution to obtain one's rights or to correct them are examples of such deception of the 'Nafs'.

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'Nafs', otherwise the 'Salik' is doomed to failure because God's help will not be forthcoming.

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He understands the meaning of "God's help" and also learns that the initial 'break-through' against the 'Nafs' was made only with special aid from Allah.

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These are actually "selfish" motives emanating from the 'Nafs'.

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