You Are Nobility — Understanding the Nafs (Greater Jihad:) by Shahid Bolsen

In the second episode of The Greater Jihad, Shahid Bolsen challenges the West’s core moral illusion—the idea that freedom is synonymous with the absence of moral structure. He contends that moral relativism does not produce liberation, but a subtler form of enslavement, and that the widespread despair within Western society stems from a culture that steadily erodes the value of the human soul. Referencing the Islamic concepts of the nafs and the fitrah, Bolsen argues that human beings are born with an inherent, dignified moral nature rather than as blank slates. The true “Greater Jihad,” he explains, is the lifelong struggle to bring the self into harmony with that innate moral truth. In this view, discipline is not oppression—it is the only route to authentic freedom, honor, and inner peace.