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Difference between  روح and نفس  (ruh and nafs)

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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2021, 07:57:04 pm »




Returning to some aspects of this topic.  My husband and I were focusing on it.  He penned a brief presentation and requested me to put it up on his behalf. 


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In the Islamic perspective as presented by our scholars (particularly to understand the human self) is wholly spiritual and thus intangible - ruh, nafs,ihsas, aql, and qalb - that gives a spiritual dimension to every physical organ from which the intangible ensues.  And no doubt, every tangible has an intangible side.  Qalb is generally referred to as 'spiritual heart.'  But it can also allude to the ruh.  In fact among both Sunni and Shiia Muslims, nafs is generally taken as soul or ruh in the course of  conversations or references. 

In early Arabic literature, nafs meant “self,” or “person.”   To say that someone has wronged their nafs can very logically mean they have wronged themselves. 

Nafs is considered to be the lowest principle of a human being.  Higher than the nafs is the Ruh (spirit).  And if you perceive the spiritual facet of the physical hear (Qalb), that too is considered a higher principle than Nafs though it's lower than Ruh.   Hence, the Ruh, Qalb and Nafs form the broad foundation interconnected to other complicated systems within the human self.  This entire field, starting from the broad foundation to it's relevant connections is basically a subjective study, interpreted with slight differences by different experts.   It's generally the 'urafa' or Muslim mystics (that is, Sufis) who perceive Qalb as the spiritual heart.  Do they also refer to the physical heart as Qalb?   I would think so, as I do not know any other term they mention for it. 

Most importantly, what is confirmed by the Noble Quran and unanimously wholly accepted by all is that every body has 'Ruh' inside the matter body, and when this Ruh is disconnected permanently from the body (that is, when Malik-al-Mawt is sent to take back the Ruh) the person is pronounced dead.  This is only about the Ruh.   There is no such concept about the spiritual heart, unless the spiritual heart is viewed in the same context as the Ruh, just different expressions, which is also the perspective of many experts.

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Btw ..  Brother TS mentioned a similar context too




In early Arabic literature, nafs meant “self,” or “person.”   To say that someone has wronged their nafs can very logically mean they have wronged themselves.  


 
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