Allah the Exalted said: “O peaceful soul, return to your Lord well-pleased and pleasing, and enter among My servants and enter My Paradise.” Why did Allah specify the soul and not the spirit?
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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, then 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 you as well, if Allah wills!
The questioner : Ameen
The Shaykh : What is Abu waiting for?
well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], (29) And enter among My [righteous] servants (30) And enter My Paradise."
راضية مرضية فادخلي في عبادي وادخلي جنتيThe 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, then 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 you as well, if Allah wills!
The questioner : Ameen
The Shaykh : What is Abu waiting for?