The Settled Soul: Does it not reach the level of the Self-Reproaching Soul regarding falling short in good?
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The questioner : The Settled Soul: Does it not reach the level where a person reproaches himself?
The Shaykh : The Settled Soul has a sign: it commands you to do good and forbids you from doing evil. This is the Settled Soul.
The questioner : And it does not reproach at all, meaning?
The Shaykh : The Self-Reproaching Soul, we said, combines both: the Settled Soul reproaches you if you do evil, and the Soul Inciting to Evil reproaches you if you do good.
The Shaykh : The Settled Soul has a sign: it commands you to do good and forbids you from doing evil. This is the Settled Soul.
The questioner : And it does not reproach at all, meaning?
The Shaykh : The Self-Reproaching Soul, we said, combines both: the Settled Soul reproaches you if you do evil, and the Soul Inciting to Evil reproaches you if you do good.