Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 9
Part 9
Tags: Censuring soul, Nafs-i lawwamah, Self-reproaching soul
By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.
In surah-yi Qiyamat (75:1-2) God, the Knowing, the Wise has first sworn by the resurrection and then by the censuring soul (nafs-i lawwamah). The wisdom of this blessed verse indicates to the people of intellect that the lovers of God reproach themselves in several ways because converting the carnal soul (nafs-i ammarah), which is a very powerful devil and a great enemy, to the censuring soul is not an easy task. Only a wise lover can understand the Qur'anic secret of placing the censuring soul very close to the rank of resurrection, in that it explicitly urges every lover of the Divine light to repeatedly reproach themselves so that their soul can become the self-reproaching soul in a true sense and it may practically become the censuring soul near God. All those `azizan are very fortunate who do giryah-u zari and supplication in Mawla's love. I pray that the ocean of Mawla's love may continue to surge in every faithful heart, Amin!
Saturday 22 January 2005
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