What changes when doing good no longer feels like a constant battle, but begins to come from within? In this episode of our series on The 7 Levels of the Nafs, Prof Mehmet Ozalp and Dr Zuleyha Keskin explore Nafs al-Mulhamah — the Inspired Self.
📌 Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:20 The Qur’anic basis for Nafs al-Mulhamah
07:45 Intrinsic motivation at this level
10:36 Weight training analogy
14:22 Salah at this level
20:12 Is Nafs al-Mulhamah explicitly mentioned in the Qur’an?
22:35 Why is Nafs al-Mulhamah so important?
24:35 The impact of society on reaching higher levels
31:30 Why knowledge is so important at this level
This episode is part of our series on The 7 Levels of the Nafs, exploring the journey of spiritual purification and inner transformation in Islam.