Thread: Freedom from Slavery

Hi all,

This is my first time sharing anything here on the forum. It's just something quick. A couple nights back I was watching & listening to a lecture by Hamza Yusuf where he spoke at length on the nafs (roughly translated from Arabic as the ego, the desires of life, etc) and our human condition suffering from the nafs.

It's taken me so long
I've come to realize i'm a slave to myself, my desires, my lust, and my ego.
I'll never truly be free until I am free of myself.
Guide me from this jahiliyya, oh my Rabb.

*Google the words in the last sentence for a better understanding. It's essentially a poetic prayer, or d'ua.

It's a prayer, and I can understand where it's coming from.
Nice one, and I say Aameen to that for me too.