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Nafs may mean: (1) soul; (2) self; (3) person, living person; (4) will, good pleasure, as in iv. 4 below. Minha: I follow the construction suggested by Imam Razn.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/1
It is what Plato would call the "lie in the soul." But even here, if the rebellion is through ignorance, and is followed by sincere repentance and amendment, Allah's Mercy is always open (iv. 17).
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/48
Those men Allah knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them but admonish them and speak to them a word to reach their very souls.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/63
But no by thy Lord they can have no (real) Faith until they make thee judge in all disputes between them and find in their souls no resistance against thy decisions but accept them with the fullest
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/65
Whatever good (O man!) happens to thee is from Allah; but whatever evil happens to thee is from thy (own) soul.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/79
When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls they say: "In what (plight) were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed were we in the earth.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/97
Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls: for Allah loveth not one given to perfidy and crime. Our souls are a sort of trust with us. We have to guard them against all temptation.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/107
If anyone does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks Allah's forgiveness he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/110
And if anyone earns sin he earns it against his own soul: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/111
But (in fact) they will only lead their own souls astray and to thee they can do no harm in the least.
https://www.islamhelpline.net/quran/4/113