In His saying, the Exalted: “O settled soul, return to your Lord well-pleased and pleasing” — why?
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The questioner : ... [Al-Fajr 89:28-30] ; does this mean the spirit? Why did Allah specify the soul and not the spirit?
The Shaykh : This is a question that is not valid. The soul may be the spirit, or the spirit may be the soul. If it is something else, it has no relation to worldly life for a person to know; rather, it is in the hereafter.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This question is not necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : O Allah, amen, O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : What is Abu ... waiting for?
(28) Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], (29) And enter among My [righteous] servants (30) And enter My Paradise."
ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً * فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي * وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِيThe Shaykh : This is a question that is not valid. The soul may be the spirit, or the spirit may be the soul. If it is something else, it has no relation to worldly life for a person to know; rather, it is in the hereafter.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This question is not necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : O Allah, amen, O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : What is Abu ... waiting for?
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