Jihad Nafs is to purify the soul from its vices, i.e. from evil qualities such as anger, arrogance, miserliness, envy, lust etc. and to adorn it with qualities such as humility, asceticism, and piety.
A scholar who strives to learn about Allah’s attributes and gives attention to the inner beauty of the soul is called ‘Arif’. The author says that Arif is much better than a normal scholar who only focuses on extracting the rules and giving Fatwa without giving much attention to beautifying the soul.
When the soul is trained, the quality of worship gets upgraded, so the rewards also increase. There will be alignment between body and soul. The light of the soul reflects on the body.
By talking about the goals of Tasawwuf, the author concludes the book. The primary goal is to purify the heart and become a ‘Arif.’
Let Allah give us the opportunity to live a pious life, Ameen