20 April 2017
The Fundamental Beliefs of Muslims
This is the struggle against one’s inner self (nafs) to subjugate and control one’s passions and carnal desires. The base self (nafs al-ammara) must be controlled by the conscience (nafs al-lawwama), and only when one succeeds in this struggle does one attain the perfect self, the self at peace with itself (nafs al-mutmainna).