FAILURE, EITHER IN HEALTH OR AFFAIRS, MEANS THERE HAS BEEN LACK OF SELF-CO
Bowl of Saki 12/24 FAILURE, EITHER IN HEALTH OR AFFAIRS, MEANS THERE HAS BEEN LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. --Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Nufs is unable to direct affairs. Nufs has no wisdom, cannot see ahead. Nufs urges one to eat delicate food but sees no illness resulting. Nufs caters to passions and does not recognize weakness until too late. Nufs surrenders to vice and puts the blame elsewhere. A person under the sway of nufs seldom attains... Sign in to see full entry.