كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَة
Every nafs, for what it has earned, (is) pledged,
[Q74:38]
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى
But as for (him) who feared standing (before) his Lord, and restrained his النَّفْسَ from الْهَوَى,
[Q79:40]
When Adam and his wife prayed for forgiveness and mercy, they cried that they had wronged their nafs. Allah turned to them, and sent them temporarily to this earth. We all hope to return to The Gardens of Eternity, to inherit them as the progeny of Adam.
The Quran explains in detail all we need to know. The noun Nafs is mentioned 295 times in it.
The following is a chronological list of my learnings about and concepts related to the Nafs.
In the earlier posts, the concept of nafs is not explicitly explored, and is often lost in translations which use pronouns instead of the noun. For example, a translation may read 'yourselves' even though the Arabic text 'أَنْفُسَكُمْ' translated literally means 'your nafs'. However, in hindsight, those learnings were important and significant to building up to a more explicit realisation of the concept.
In posts since 2017, with the realisation of the importance of the nafs, there is a growing focus on the need to study and know more about the nafs as an entity independent of the body, a possession we risk losing.
For a quick search, I've highlighted in blue, and placed a red exclamation mark next to the posts most-focused on Nafs:
- Teleology: A purpose-built Universe?
- Divine Will and Human Free Will
- The First Humans !
- Insights into the Creation of Humans
- The Mighty Ancients!
- Thunderbolts
- Communication Transmission
- Orientation: Right or Left
- Fuel of Hell: Humans and Stones
- World Hunger & Slavery
- World History & Future Implications
- Virgin Birth
- Adam's Attempt to Improve upon Allah's Creation
- Immortality & A Kingdom that Never Decays
- Double Helix
- Guarding the Womb
- Wronging the Nafs !
- Human: Body or Soul?
- Adam Facts
- Disease
- Death & The Pursuit of Immortality
- The Cursed Tree
- The Sustainer of the Worlds (رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ)
- Prayer & Remembrance of God
- جَانٌّ (Snake || Jinn)
- The Evil of the الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ
- To Forget the Meeting with Allah !
- Acknowledging the Perfection of our Lord
- Natural Clothing
- The Quran, the Pharaoh, Exodus and the Promised Day!
- Authorised to Fly
- Gratitude & Its Manifestation
- The Case against the Bani Israel
- The Hikmat (الْحِكْمَةَ)
- Fate, Deeds, Omens & The Mercy of Allah
- Our Record in Our Neck
- The Devils among The Angels & The Khilafat of Adam
- Signs of Allah
- Gratitude Reminders
- Clear Signs
- Non-Living & Living
- Polytheism: The Sin committed by The First Human Couple
- Generating The Evidence
- ... if you slip
- Wronging the Nafs - II (The Forbidden & The Sacred) !
- Salaam, The Significance of the Spoken Word!
- Prayers - The Need for Allah's Help
- Their Descendants from Their Backs !
- The Observer & The Existence of Reality
- Reading The Book
- The Fig, The Olive, Tur of Sinai & The Secure Land
- Wronging the Nafs - III (The Calendar) !
- The Quran: Shifa & Guidance for The Believers (DRAFT)
- Nafs ! (DRAFT)
- The Hardware & The Software ! (DRAFT)
- Gratefully Patient
- The Oaths in Surah alFajr
- Adam’s Covenant & Expulsion: an overview
- The Nafs of The Insaan !
- Radioactive Human !
- Superheroes & Monsters !
- Nur vs Zulm !
- The Unique Nafs of Allah !
- ...
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