The most excellent jihad (struggle) is that for the conquest of self

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which

He believed in the struggle that is jihad, that is personal in one's self and to help other Muslims.

A complete reliance on God without effort is irrational and so is the hard struggle without trust in God.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

The sense of conquest is in it. Not often is a collector able to obtain complete material in one assault. The plant may be at the moment sterile, or only in fruit or flower... but this lack has the advantage of stimulating the collector to go back in another season or year to complete the work.