The Qur’an describes three main states of the human inner self (Nafs): the commanding inner self (an-nafs al-ammārah), which inclines toward desires and sins and must be disciplined; the self-reproaching inner self (an-nafs al-lawwāmah), which wavers between good and evil but feels remorse and opens the way to repentance; and the tranquil inner self (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah), which is content with God, at peace through faith, and promised the reward of Paradise.
The commanding inner self (an-nafs al-ammārah)
The commanding inner self (an-nafs al-ammārah), which inclines toward desires and sins and must be disciplined
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.’
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
The tranquil inner self (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah)
The tranquil inner self (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah), which is content with God, at peace through faith, and promised the reward of Paradise.
Quran Soura 89 Aya 27-30 :
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[To the righteous it will be said], ’ O reassured soul,
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
