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Nafs and Seven deadly sins

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Difference between Nafs and Seven deadly sins

Nafs vs. Seven deadly sins

Nafs (نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Qur'an and means "self", "psyche",Nurdeen Deuraseh and Mansor Abu Talib (2005), "Mental health in Islamic medical tradition", The International Medical Journal 4 (2), p. 76-79 "ego" or "soul". The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a grouping and classification of vices within Christian teachings.

Similarities between Nafs and Seven deadly sins

Nafs and Seven deadly sins have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Envy, God, Greed, Islam, Lust, Pride, Sufism.

Envy

Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it".

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God

In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith.

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Greed

Greed, or avarice, is an inordinate or insatiable longing for unneeded excess, especially for excess wealth, status, power, or food.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Lust

Lust is a craving, it can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, lust for money or the lust for power.

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Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two antithetical meanings.

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Sufism

Sufism, or Taṣawwuf (personal noun: ṣūfiyy / ṣūfī, mutaṣawwuf), variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, What is Sufism? (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the inward dimension of Islam" or "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam",Massington, L., Radtke, B., Chittick, W. C., Jong, F. de, Lewisohn, L., Zarcone, Th., Ernst, C, Aubin, Françoise and J.O. Hunwick, “Taṣawwuf”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, edited by: P. Bearman, Th.

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Nafs and Seven deadly sins Comparison

Nafs has 52 relations, while Seven deadly sins has 176. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 3.07% = 7 / (52 + 176).

References

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