Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 370
370 MALFUZAT ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME IO with the inside knower of secrets, the thief from without can do nothing and has no chance of success at all. This is indeed the reason why Satan, the enemy from without, colludes with man's nafs-e-ammarah, the insider who is familiar with the secrets of the self, to break into the faith of a human being and destroy the light of faith. Allah the Exalted says: وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ Meaning that I do not exonerate my nafs [self] and I am not satisfied that my nafs has become purified; quite to the con- trary, it is the governing mischief monger. Salvation Depends on Purification of the Nafs Purification of the nafs [self] is a very difficult stage to reach, while salvation revolves around the purification of the nafs. Allah the Exalted says: قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّهَا 2 and the purification of nafs cannot be achieved without the grace of God. This is an immutable law of God Almighty. لَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا 3 And the principle that has been established since eternity for 1. Sūrah Yūsuf, 12:54 [Publisher] 2. Surely, he prospers who augments it (Sūrah ash-Shams, 91:10). [Publisher] 3. You shall not find any change in the established practice of Allah (Surah al- Fat'h, 48:24). [Publisher]