[51]And he said: Our Master al-Sadiq, majestic is his glory, was asked: "Where is the resting place of the call of Iblis?"
He, majestic is his glory, replied: "Within the enticing, [blameworthy] 1 self." This corresponds to the statement of the Exalted: "And his self prompted him to kill his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers." 2 And the self has a restrainer and a forbidder; [the restrainer] 3 is that which opposes the self, forbids it from committing major sins, commands it [and prohibits it] 4 , and exposes to it the ugliness of its deeds and the evil consequences that await it. That opposing force originates from the essence of the Path, indwelling the self and residing within it.
Thus, if the call of Iblis settles within the self and the self accepts it, the Essence opposes it, casting its prohibition upon it and revealing to it the [ugliness] 5 of what it intended. [If the self refrains] 6 and accepts [the advice],