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37. Verily the soul commands towards evil and indecency, so whoever trusts it, it deceives him and whoever has confidence in it, it destroys him and whoever is pleased with it, it makes him enter the worst of places.
37. Verily the soul commands towards evil and indecency, so whoever trusts it, it deceives him and whoever has confidence in it, it destroys him and whoever is pleased with it, it makes him enter the worst of places.
37 إنَّ النَّفْسَ لأمّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ والفَحْشاءِ، فَمَنِ ائْتَمَنَها خانَتْهُ، ومَنِ اسْتَنامَ إلَيْها أهْلَكَتْهُ، ومَنْ رَضِيَ عَنْها أوْرَدَتْهُ شَرَّ المَوارِدِ.
38. Verily the true believer does not enter his evening and morning but that he distrusts his soul, so he continues to belittle [and find fault with] it and seeks more [good] for it.
38. Verily the true believer does not enter his evening and morning but that he distrusts his soul, so he continues to belittle [and find fault with] it and seeks more [good] for it.
38 إنَّ المُؤْمِنَ لا يُمْسي ولايُصْبِحُ إلاّ ونَفْسُهُ ظَنُونٌ عِنْدَهُ، فَلايَزالُ زارِياً عَلَيْها، ومُسْتَزِيداً لَها.
40. Verily the soul that seeks short-lived desires will surely perish in its quest and will be wretched in its place of return [in the Hereafter].
40. Verily the soul that seeks short-lived desires will surely perish in its quest and will be wretched in its place of return [in the Hereafter].
40 إنَّ النَّفْسَ الَّتي تَطْلُبُ الرَّغائِبَ الفانِيَةَ لَتَهْلِكُ في طَلَبِها، وتَشْقى في مُنْقَلَبِها.
