Interfaith Dialogue (Angels and Jinn) - Islam and Chrsitianity

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Re: Interfaith Dialogue (Angels and Jinn) - Islam and Chrsitianity

@The Old Man

Yes.

All things/matter in this present universe has Body.

The Soul (emotions, will, intellect) lives in the Body. Both plants and one-cell "creatures" live, produce, grow. Having a soul is the difference between animals and plants. Once the body (vessel in which the soul lives) cease to exist (die), the soul can't exist anymore.

The Spirit is what God blew into humans to make them different from animals. Only man from the normal created universe have a longing to interact with the Supreme Being. The spirit lives in the soul. Once the body cease to exist (die), the soul is still alive due to the spirit in it.

All is clearly shown in Genesis 1-2.

Soul is called Rooh in our belief and there is really no distinction between soul and spirit. They are used synonomously however I am sure some Fuqaha may disagree on this. Let me quote a hadith and Quranic ayah on this matter.

‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: “Whilst I was with the Prophet SAW on a farm, and he was resting on a palm branch stripped of its leaves, the Jews passed by, and some of them said to others, ‘Ask him about the soul.’ Some of them said, ‘What urges you to ask him about it?’ Others of them said, ‘Don’t ask him in case he says something you dislike.’ But they said, ‘Ask him,’ so they asked him about the soul. The Prophet SAW kept quiet and did not respond to them, and I knew that he was receiving Revelation, so I stayed where I was. When the Revelation of the aayah was complete, he said (interpretation of the meaning): ‘And they ask you [O Muhammad] concerning the rooh [the spirit]. Say: ‘The rooh: it is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little.’ [al-Isra’ 17:85]” (Reported by al-Bukhaari)

There are definitely things known about what is done with the rooh when we die through ahadith however that in no way distinctly draws a picture of the rooh but simply makes us aware of some attributes and happenings.