The Elephant over the Nafs
The Elephant over the Nafs
An elephant, stitched together from the hidden chambers of the self, moves across a desert of trials. Look closely: every fold of its hide carries a story; anger coiled beneath patience, desire braided with discipline, fear tucked under the ribs like a restless bird. This is no ordinary beast.
This is the Nafs, made visible.
At its feet, a small demon scurries forward; it is but the whisperer of impulses, the wiswas al khannas the sly architect of distraction. Yet even he is part of the creature’s anatomy, part of the long apprenticeship of becoming.
Above the elephant sits the seeker: a figure in green, the color of awakening. Wings of counsel hover beside him, guides, teachers, inner angels, pointing toward the higher horizon. Their presence reminds us that the nafs is not to be slain, but to be ridden, steered, shaped, elevated.
Original miniature portrait (Origin: Bukhara), framed in double-glass frames (front and back viewable) to preserve both pigment and light. Dimensions: 40 cm x 34 cm
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