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It is sufficient for you, in your struggle against your [lower] self, that you always prevail over it and fight its vain desires. 24ـ كَفاكَ في مُجاهَدَةِ نَفْسِكَ أنْ لاتَزالَ أبَداً لَها مُغالِباً، وعَلى أهْوِيَتِها مُحارِباً. One who fights his [lower] self perfects his piety. 25ـ مَنْ جاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ أَكْمَلَ التُّقى. One who knows his self struggles against it. 26ـ مَنْ عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ جاهَدَها. One who does not struggle against his self will not achieve victory.

27ـ مَنْ لَمْ يُجاهِدْ نَفْسَهُ لَمْ يَنَلِ الفَوْزَ. There is no struggle more worthy than struggling against the self. 28ـ ما مِنْ جِهاد أفْضَلُ مِنْ جِهادِ النَّفْسِ. Struggling against the self is a trait of the noble ones. 29ـ مُجاهَدَةُ النَّفْسِ شيمَةُ النُّبَلاءِ. Struggling against the self is a symbol of nobility. 30ـ مُجاهَدَةُ النَّفْسِ عُنْوانُ النُّبْلِ. Struggling against the self is the best Jihād . 31ـ مُجاهَدَةُ النَّفْسِ أفْضَلُ جِهاد.