04-22-2004, 11:50 AM
(Walikum)
As for now, nafs is not the soul, soul is the Ruh which is actually the source of life which if taken away we die immediately. But nafs could be best described as the inner self or ego.
The three stages u brought up are correct, Insh a Allah I will come up with more specially ayahs to support it.
Jazakum Allah khairan