{"id":1652,"date":"2015-04-22T20:49:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T20:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2015-04-22T20:49:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T20:49:50","slug":"struggle-with-the-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/struggle-with-the-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggle with the Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Def: &#8220;nafs&#8221; the ego; Arabic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1650\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rumi-NAFS.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rumi-NAFS.gif\" alt=\"&quot;The nafs has a rosary and a Koran in its right hand, and a scimitar and a dagger in the sleeve.&quot; ~ Rumi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1650\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The nafs has a rosary and a Koran in its right hand,<br \/>and a scimitar and a dagger in the sleeve.&#8221; ~ Rumi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>History repeats itself again:<br \/>\nIn another land, blood is spilled<br \/>\nIn the name of purity<br \/>\nBy soldiers hand, people are killed<br \/>\nIn the name of piety:<br \/>\nThe Babylonic pride of men.<\/p>\n<p>God in whose name<br \/>\nIndulging the nafs, others condemned<br \/>\nAs unworthy infidels<br \/>\nEchoing laughs, evil without end<br \/>\nUnder Satans spells<br \/>\nAllah invoked without shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Def: &#8220;nafs&#8221; the ego; Arabic 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, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,1794,31],"tags":[1392,1796,1795,2350,1177,1799,1797,1798],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","category-islamic-state","category-war-on-terror","tag-iraq","tag-isil","tag-isis","tag-islam","tag-islamic-state","tag-rumi-quote","tag-syria","tag-the-nafs","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-qE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2421,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/glam-dicenn-on-daesh\/","url_meta":{"origin":1652,"position":0},"title":"Glam Dicenn on Daesh","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"May the strength that they seek elude them As they are blind to the faith they profess The glory sought be thwarted: their names forgotten Those who seek to be great, may they be less. 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