27 Preface يا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفسُ المُطمَئِنَّةُYusuf Ali(To the righteous soul will be said:) “O (thou) soul,1 in (complete) rest and satisfaction! The righteous enter into their inheritance and receive their welcome with a title that suggests freedom from all pain, sorrow, doubt, struggle, disappointment, passion, and even further desire: at rest, in peace; in a state of complete satisfaction. In Muslim theology, this stage of the soul is the final stage of bliss. The unregenerate human soul, that seeks its satisfaction in the lower earthly desires, is the Ammāra (12:53). The self-reproaching soul that feels conscious of sin and resists it is the Lawwāma (75:2, and n. to 75:2).