"We say that the rational soul in every human being is a potential angel, and the potential angel is a parī, as we have said. The concupiscent soul and the irascible soul in everybody are two potential demons. Everyone whose rational soul brings the irascible and the concupiscent souls to heel becomes an angel. Everyone whose concupiscent and irascible souls subjugate his rational soul turns into a demon in actuality."
- Nasir Khusraw, Jami al-Hikmatayn (in Between Reason and Revelation by Eric Ormsby, p. 132)


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