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Nafs (The Lower Self / Ego-Soul)

The appetitive self that must be disciplined; described in Qurʾānic gradations from the soul-that-incites-evil to the soul-at-peace.

The appetitive self that must be disciplined; described in Qurʾānic gradations from the soul-that-incites-evil to the soul-at-peace.

How it traveled

  1. Futuhat Makkiyya
    Seville · 1240
    explains
  2. Sha'arei Teshuvah
    Girona · 1260
    explains
  3. Recanati on the Torah
    Recanati · 1300
    explains
  4. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
    explains
  5. Adab Suluk
    explains
  6. Cawarif Macarif
    explains

Key passages(20)

Minhaj Cabidin · al-Ghazali

Very high

Adab Suluk · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Very high

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Very high

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Lawaqih Anwar · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Masail Li Idah · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Mizan Camal · al-Ghazali

Very high

Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

Very high

Tanbih · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Tanbih · Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani

Very high

Amr Bi Macruf · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Cawarif Macarif · Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

Very high

Istiqama · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Recanati on the Torah · Menachem Recanati · 1250 CE

Very high

ספר הבהיר אמר רבי רוחמאי מאי דור הולך ודור בא אמר רבי עקיבא דור שכבר בא משל למה הדבר דומה למלך שהיו לו עבדים והלבישן כפי יכלתו בגדי משי ורקמה קלקלו השורה השליכן ודחפן מעליו והפשיטן בגדיו והלכו להם. לק

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Anwar Qudsiyya · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Ighathat Lahfan · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high