Question: The soul (ar-ruh) is a matter whose knowledge Allah has kept exclusively to Himself, as He, exalted is He, said: \u201cAnd they ask you about the soul. Say, \u2018The soul is of my Lord\u2019s command.\u2019\u201d [al-Isra\u2019:85] And claiming to know its reality is close to claiming knowledge of the unseen, since there is no evidence for knowing it. It has been narrated from al-Qasim, al-Hadi, an-Nasir, al-Husayn ibn al-Qasim al-\u2018Ayyani, al-Mu\u2019ayyad Billah, Ahmad ibn Sulayman, and others from the Imams of the \u2018itrah (Peace be upon them) that it is a body whose true reality none knows except Allah. So is their affirming it to be a body considered delving into the reality of the soul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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