What is the meaning of "nafs" in the hadith "I mentioned it in my nafs"?
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Question:
Does "nafs" here mean the essence? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes.
Q: What is the response to those who deny that Allah has a self?
A: The self and the soul; the soul is His self, His self (Exalted and Majestic is He) .
Q: So the nafs is the essence; they are synonyms?
A: The self and what Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) intends—no one knows its nature but He . We believe in His self; that He has a self in the manner befitting Him (Exalted and Majestic is He), and no one knows its nature but He .
Does "nafs" here mean the essence? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes.
Q: What is the response to those who deny that Allah has a self?
A: The self and the soul; the soul is His self, His self (Exalted and Majestic is He) .
Q: So the nafs is the essence; they are synonyms?
A: The self and what Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) intends—no one knows its nature but He . We believe in His self; that He has a self in the manner befitting Him (Exalted and Majestic is He), and no one knows its nature but He .
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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