Quotes About Nafs

An individual enters the final stages of the Way when the nafs begins to release its grip on the qalb, thus allowing the ruh—which is present in all humanity, but is cloaked in the veil of the self—to absorb the qalb as though it were a drop of dew plunged into a vast, endless sea. When this occurs, the individual achieves fana: ecstatic, intoxicating self-annihilation. This is the final station along the Sufi Way.

To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.

If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.