The inner enemy

The Sheikh lists enemies that work against a person, among them a soul that commands evil, a dominant desire and an overpowering anger. ¹ He names four enemies, Iblis, the world, the self and desire, and says that God grants the servant success in guarding against them when he is with God (needs_source: this passage is garbled in the transcript). ^{2 3}

The Sheikh lists, among a person's enemies, a soul that commands evil, a show of religiosity (needs_source: the phrase is unclear in the transcript), a dominant desire and an overpowering anger. ¹ The same list continues with a companion who does not counsel him and an enemy who never tires of hostility, but the transcript does not render this part clearly (needs_source). ¹

The Sheikh says that the enemies of the servant are four: Iblis, the world, the self and desire. ² He says that God grants the servant success in guarding against these four when he is with God (needs_source: the passage is garbled in the transcript). ³

In another lesson the Sheikh names the same four enemies: Iblis, the world, the self and desire. ⁴