To understand the evil inclinations of one's nafs (the lower self) and its weakness in seeking the afterlife, to discipline it with the adab (proper conduct) of Allah, and to direct it towards maḥabba (love of Allah) is the aim. (Bed', 173)
When you come to know the Truth (al-Ḥaqq), you acknowledge Him. The Truth then leads you, along with the outward obligations (farḍ) you must perform, to the inward obligations. This involves the rectification of secrets, the uprightness of will (the proper alignment of desires), the correctness of intention, the inspection of thought, the purification of the qalb (the heart) from everything Allah does not love, and the heart and or