The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat
al-nafs,
the inner warfare against the ego.
Distracted and
polluted by worldliness, the lower self
has a tendency to drag the
human creature down into
arrogance and vice.
Only by a powerful
effort of will can the sincere
worshipper achieve the purity of
soul which enables
him to attain God's proximity.
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