11ـ ثَمَرَةُ المُجاهَدَةِ قَهْرُ النَّفْسِ.

11ـ ثَمَرَةُ المُجاهَدَةِ قَهْرُ النَّفْسِ. Struggling against the self is the dowry for Paradise. 12ـ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ مَهْرُ الجَنَّةِ. Struggling against vain desires is the price of Paradise. 13ـ جِهادُ الهَوى ثَمَنُ الجَنَّةِ. Struggling against the self is the best Jihad . 14ـ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ أفْضَلُ جِهاد. Struggle against your [lower] self and seek repentance, you will be successful in the obedience of your Lord. 15ـ جاهِدْ نَفْسَكَ، وَقَدِّمْ تَوْبَتَكَ، تَفُزْ بِطاعَةِ رَبِّكَ.

Struggle against your vain desires, overcome your anger and resist your bad habits, [by this] your soul will become pure, your intellect will become perfect and the reward of your Lord will be complete. 16ـ جاهِدْ شَهْوَتَكَ، وغالِبْ غَضَبَك،وَخالِفْ سُوءَ عادَتِكَ، تَزْكُ نَفْسُكَ، ويَكْمُلْ عَقْلُكَ، وتَسْتَكْمِلْ ثَوابَ رَبِّكَ.

Fight against your [lower] self in obedience to Allah the way an enemy would fight his enemy, and overpower it the way a rival would overpower his opponent, for indeed the strongest person is the one who subdues his self. 17ـ جاهِدْ نَفْسَكَ عَلى طاعَةِ اللّهِ مُجاهَدَة العَدُوِّ عَدُوَّهُ، وغالِبْها مُغالَبَةَ الضِّدِّ ضِدَّهُ، فَإنَّ أقْوىَ النّاسِ مَنْ قَوِيَ على نَفْسِهِ.

Struggle against your [lower] self and call it to account the way a partner would hold his partner accountable, and demand from it the right of Allah the way an adversary would demand from his foe, for verily the most felicitous of people is the one who undertakes to hold his self to account. 18ـ جاهِدْ نَفْسَكَ وحاسِبْها مُحاسَبَةَ الشَّريكِ شَريكَهُ وطالِبْها بِحُقُوقِ اللّهِ مُطالَبَةَ الخَصْمِ خَصْمَهُ، فَإنَّ أسْعَدَ النّاسِ مَنِ انْتَدَبَ لِمحاسَبَةِ نَفْسِهِ.

Struggling against the [lower] self is the price of Paradise, so the one who struggles against it will acquire it, and this is the greatest reward of Allah for the one who is cognizant of it. 19ـ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ ثَمَنُ الجَنَّةِ، فَمَنْ جاهَدَها مَلَكَها وهِيَ أكْرَمُ ثَوابِ اللّهِ لِمَنْ عَرَفَها. Struggling against the self with knowledge is a symbol of intelligence. 20ـ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ بِالعِلْمِ عُنْوانُ العَقْلِ. Fighting anger with forbearance is evidence of nobility.

21ـ جِهادُ الغَضَبِ بِالحِلْمِ بُرْهانُ النُّبْلِ. The most excellent Jihād is struggling against the self. 22ـ خَيْرُ الجِهادِ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ. The highest form of struggle is for a man to struggle against his self. 23ـ غايَةُ المُجاهَدَةِ أنْ يُجاهِدَ المَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ.