The purpose of doing Tazkiyah Al Nafs
A person who diligently performs Tazkiyah Al Nafs will
usually experience Intibah (spiritual awareness). This situation occurs because
the hijabs that cover the heart begin to lift little by little causing the
basirah (eyes of the heart) to open little by little so that he can see or
witness divine realities and the things of the hereafter with confidence.
This spiritual awareness will move a person to return to the
path of Allahﷻ that has been ignored or ignored. It will make a person aware of
his past mistakes and sins, his bad character, and his negligence in carrying
out his responsibilities towards Allahﷻ and mankind as a whole. It encouraged him
to repent and then do good deeds and serve honestly.
This spiritual awareness will also make a person aware of his
ignorance, distance, and neglect of his Allahﷻ. This realization will move him to
know Allahﷻ more closely so that his identification with Allahﷻ becomes clearer and
his confidence in Him becomes stronger. He began to feel the spiritual peace
and true peace of mind that was born from a clean spirituality stemming from
the identification, holding, and strong heart confidence in Allahﷻ.
This spiritual awareness also makes one begin to recognize
the nature of the world. This world full of attraction, struggle, and pride is
no longer madness and struggle for him. This mortal world is only an
intermediary, a tool, and a bridge for him to the eternal afterlife.
All this is a process of purification and increasing the spiritual dignity of man until he becomes a true servant of God or in other words attains the perfection of the position of 'Ubudiyyah. In fact, this Tazkiyah Al Nafs is actually aimed at increasing the perfection of this maqam 'Ubudiyyah. In this maqam lies the glory of man in the presence of his Lord. At this position, the divinity (rububiyyah and uluhiyyah) of Allahﷻ and the servitude (`Ubudiyyah) of man become manifest.
At this maqam man can witness the divinity
of his Allahﷻ and also witness his own servitude, poverty, humiliation, weakness,
lack, and destruction. He became a true servant of Allahﷻ, outwardly and inwardly.
The outward worship of Allahﷻ and upholding His commandments and the inner
knowing, trusting, relying on, and appeasing His commands, prohibitions, and provisions.
