The next stage of the soul is called nafs al-lawwāmah. The soul at this stage repents at the commission of evil. Its spiritual journey is undertaken for the sake of God and nothing else. In terms of the cosmological dimension of his being, at this stage he is said to be in the World of Similitudes (،ālam al-mithāl). His stage within himself is said to be the heart (qalb). The characteristics of a soul at this stage are that it loves to perform acts of devotion and meritorious acts, and it blames itself for the commission of sins and errors and for its negligence in the performance of meritorious acts. However, it still possesses certain spiritual 'vices' like self-admiration, the desire to be esteemed by others, the love for fame and personal glory, and the love for position of leadership and authority. This is because of the fact that the soul retains some traces of the defects in the previous stage but with a difference: the soul realises that the reprehensible qualities are reprehensible, and the good qualities are good. He has thus to go on waging the 'war' before he is finally freed from the above imperfections.