Reflection on the Verse of the Spirit of Allah.
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The Shaykh : Then we come to the spirit. The spirit is between your two ribs. If the spirit is in the body, it becomes a living, sound being. If it leaves the body, what does the body become? A corpse, a carcass. Does anyone know about this spirit? No, no one knows about it. And they ask you about the spirit. The answer is [Al-Isra 17:85] meaning, the only knowledge left for you is the knowledge of the spirit. Much knowledge has been missed by you. How do you ask about the spirit? The spirit is from the command of Allah.
Therefore, it is contrary to all elements, all elements of matter. The spirit is contrary to them; that is, it is not of clay, nor of iron, nor of gold, nor of silver, nor of any of the physical elements. The spirit is composed of something other than them. If it were composed of the elements of the body, it would have been possible to reach an understanding of its reality, but it is not possible. And Glorified is Allah, this spirit is brought by the angel to the human in his mother’s womb after four months have passed for him.
Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."
قل الروح من أمر ربي وما أوتيتم من العلم إلا قليلاTherefore, it is contrary to all elements, all elements of matter. The spirit is contrary to them; that is, it is not of clay, nor of iron, nor of gold, nor of silver, nor of any of the physical elements. The spirit is composed of something other than them. If it were composed of the elements of the body, it would have been possible to reach an understanding of its reality, but it is not possible. And Glorified is Allah, this spirit is brought by the angel to the human in his mother’s womb after four months have passed for him.