Question:
Salam sheikh
You gave interpretation of my dream some time back you told me i am indecisive of fighting my ego to fight it and i will have the support of Hazrat Ali RA could you help me understand the ego so i can change thankyou
Answer:
Audhubillahiminashaytanirajeem
BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Wa alaikum Salaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
In Surah Yusuf 53 Allah reveals:
And I do not acquit myself (nafsi/ego). Indeed, the soul (nafs/ego) is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.”
This ayat explains that the nafs/ego/self enjoins evil except those upon whom Lordly Mercy helps. So through studying, practicing, receiving the mercy of Allah through zikr, prayers and being with the righteous Awliya Allah in your heart, the faults of the self will be revealed to that you can turn to Allah consciously and overcome negative characteristics and embrace the good manners of the Prophet saws. Our Beloved Muhammad (saws) is the greatest manifestation of Mercy to All Creation, his presence is Mercy, his Way is Mercy so through the mercy we can face and overcome the lower self day by day and graduate from the evil commanding ego Nafs Ammara bi su’, to the self reproaching ego Nafs Lawwamah, to the inspired soul Nafs Mulhama, the tranquil soul Nafs Mutma’inah, the content soul Nafs Radiyya, the soul receiving Divine Pleasure Nafs Mardiyya in presence of the Perfected soul –Nafs Kamilah saws. These stations of the soul are explained through Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham’s talks on Sufilive.com our youtube Sufilive.
Wa Allahu Alam,
Kamau Ayyubi
