The Blameworthy Traits of the Self, and Their Cure" - Imam al-Sulami
(http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/al_sulami.htm)
In this work, Imam Sulami insightfully presently around seventy of the most common reprehensible traits and tendencies of the lower self (nafs), in order that one may strive to purify one's heart from these traits--and to acquire the traits that give one a sound heart (qalb salim) and a purified, pleasing, and content soul (nafs mutma'inna). Imam Zaid Shakir, a scholar of knowledge and spiritual wisdom, both clarifies Imam Sulami's text, and …. [context, relevance, inspiring, clear, accessible … ]… spiritual tradition of Islam, deeply rooted in the Qur'an and Sunna….
