71. Serving the soul means protecting it from [unlawful] pleasures and acquisitions, training it with knowledge and wisdom and making it strive in performing acts of worship and obedience, for in this lies the salvation for the soul.
71. Serving the soul means protecting it from [unlawful] pleasures and acquisitions, training it with knowledge and wisdom and making it strive in performing acts of worship and obedience, for in this lies the salvation for the soul.
71 خِدْمَةُ النَّفْسِ صيانَتُها عَنِ اللَّذّاتِ، والمُقْتَنَياتِ، ورِياضَتُها بِالعُلُومِ والحِكَمِ، واجْتِهادُها (إجْهادُها) بِالعِباداتِ والطّاعاتِ، وَفِي ذلِكَ نَجاةُ النَّفْسِ.