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Nafs

Nafs (نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". The term is cognate with the Hebrew word nephesh, נֶפֶשׁ. In the Quran, the word nafs is used in both the individualistic (verse 2:48) and collective sense (verse 4:1), indicating that although humanity is united in…

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Sufism's conception of nafs

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Nodes67
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Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
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related to Sources · 29
Nafs → Abdallah, Adrian, An Islamic Model, Business Media LLC, Coyle, Dastagir, Dordrecht, Encyclopedia, Framework, Golam, Health, Indian Religions, ISBN, Islam, Islamic Psychology, ISSN, Journal, Judaism, PMC, PMID
related to Nafs and Jihād · 18
Nafs → According, Baghdad, God, Godfearing, In, Instead, Junayd, Lord, Muhammad, Self, Success, Sufis, Sufism, The, The Quran, This, Thus, Truth
related to The inciting nafs (an-nafs al-ʾammārah) · 18
Nafs → Al, God, He, His, In, Islam, Jihad Akbar, Jihad Asghar, Muhammad, One, Quran, Sura, The, This, Verily, We, Yet, Yusuf
related to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive state · 15
Nafs → Backbiting, Bokhl, Gheebah, Greed, Hasad, In, Jealousy, Keena, Lust, Malice, Pride, Shahwah, Stinginess, Takabbur, Tamaa
related to The nafs at peace (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah) · 10
Nafs → At, Fajr, God, In Sura, Muslims, On, Quran, Sufism, The, This
related to Four additional stages of nafs · 9
Nafs → Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib, In, It, On, Once, One, The, The Sufis, This
related to Sufism's conception of nafs · 8
Nafs → Accordingly, Allah, Divine, God, Only, Quzat Hamadani, Sufism, The
related to The self-accusing nafs (an-nafs al-lawwāmah) · 6
Nafs → Here, In Sura, One, Qiyama, Quran, This
related to Etymology · 5
Nafs → Arabic, In, In Islamic, Jewish, The
related to Three principal stages · 4
Nafs → Quran, Sufistic Wisdom, The Sufis, There

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quran one self good god stage one's state ego word peace soul islamic sufism arabic must stages muhammad people level

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Nafsis aimportant concept in the Islamic tradition0.90text
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateIn0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive statePride0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateTakabbur0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateGreed0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateTamaa0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateJealousy0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateHasad0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateLust0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateShahwah0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateBackbiting0.60section
Nafsrelated to Characteristics of nafs in its primitive stateGheebah0.60section

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