The objective of these Web Lessons is to help you get to know yourself better, for knowing ourselves is the main key to knowing everything else.
It is recommended that you study these lessons one at a time and not rush through them; and that you read them in the order they are presented here.
After studying every lesson, give yourself time to ponder on it. Every lesson should motivate you to think, self-reflect, and increase your knowledge about yourself.
You can always come back and study them again and again, for you are a treasury of secrets which would be revealed to you gradually as you think, self reflect, and learn to observe your true nature displaying itself in every thing you do.
All the best in pursuit of becoming a self-aware person.
This lesson introduces key questions about human nature, including:
In the "Human Nature" series of lessons, we learned about the nature of Nafs – its various states, the Tempting Nafs, the Self-Reproaching Nafs, and the Content Nafs. We also discussed some of the consequences of giving into the Tempting Nafs. We looked at the verses of the Holy Qur'an wherein Allah (swt) has encouraged us to purify this Tempting Nafs. Beginning next week, Insha-Allah, we will study the ills of the Tempting Nafs and how to cleanse and purify it.
