{"id":5827,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/nafs-e-lawwamah-the-reproaching-self\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:27","slug":"nafs-e-lawwamah-the-reproaching-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/nafs-e-lawwamah-the-reproaching-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Nafs-e Lawwamah (The Reproaching Self)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>What is the significance of <em>latif<\/em> (spiritual parts of human self)? Do they find a mention in the Qur\u2019an? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The Holy Qur\u2019an refers to a <em>nafs-i lawwamah<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>, the spiritual aspect of a human being <em>nafs<\/em>. The Book also employs the expression <em>fu\u2019ad<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>or <em>qalb<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>  for this entity. On the basis of this, Muslims scholars have believed  in that we have a spiritual aspect of our being. Actually the Book uses  the words <em>fu\u2019ad<\/em> and <em>qalb<\/em> for <em>nafs<\/em><em>lawwamah<\/em> figuratively. <em>Nafs lawwamah <\/em>is basically the faculty of our mind blessed with the following three things:<\/p>\n<div>a. Knowledge of Good and Evil, God and consciousness of test and trial.<\/div>\n<div>b. Freedom to exercise the knowledge of good and evil.<\/div>\n<div>c. Conscience (which censures committing evil)<\/div>\n<div>This <em>nafs lawwamah<\/em>  guides us like a torch where to go. Its light makes us see which path  is wrong taking to evil and which is right leading to the truth. It is  only our <em>nafs<\/em> which leads us to righteousness. Otherwise it is  impossible to make a list of right and wrong. It is the awareness  bestowed upon us by it that always leads us to a quick conclusion in  distinguishing good from evil. If we opt to commit an evil it makes us  repulse the act. It helps us avoid doing the act. And if we commit an  evil ignoring its guidance it rebukes and censures us and thus leads us  to repent.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Q. 75: 2<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Q 17: 36<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-mawrid.org\/pages\/questions_english_detail.php?qid=384&#038;cid=49#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Q 7: 179<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Sajid Hameed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-10<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5827\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the significance of <em>latif<\/em> (spiritual parts of human self)? 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