Struggle with the Self
Def: “nafs” the ego; Arabic
and a scimitar and a dagger in the sleeve.” ~ Rumi
History repeats itself again:
In another land, blood is spilled
In the name of purity
By soldiers hand, people are killed
In the name of piety:
The Babylonic pride of men.
God in whose name
Indulging the nafs, others condemned
As unworthy infidels
Echoing laughs, evil without end
Under Satans spells
Allah invoked without shame.