The lies we must tell to feed our nafs. I shudder now, how my domineering nafs dominated me so completely. Numbed now, perhaps, only by minor melancholy, or an endocrine deficiency deliberately mismanaged in the pursuit of sanity. For years and years I led my own soul astray. Nightly, these recollections keep me awake. I fear my return to the One. I have failed completely. Lies upon lies upon lies. Can reform really obliterate all that went before? Can I repent enough? Can I become sincere? Can I make amends?
“He has succeeded who purifies the soul, and he has failed who corrupts the soul.”
Quran 91:9-10
Ya Allah, purify my heart. Without You I am lost.
Last modified: 20 January 2021
