Then God made the human complete and breathed of His spirit into him.
And He gave you hearing and sight and feelings. How small thanks do you
give! (32:9)
does it implies that Allah breathed his own spirit into humans? i am kindda confused after readin this. Does it means that our spirits are actually sum part of Allah’s spirit??
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Another translation:
9. But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=32&tid=40957
If it wasn’t part of Allah’s spirit then where did it come from? Has to be his spirit…
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Seema, this verse from Surah As Sajdah is about the creation of a man.. right from clay to it's soul. Following the translation of Dr. Muhammad TaqiudDin Al Hilali and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, the last verse means, "Then He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him the soul (created by Allâh for that person), and He gave you hearing (ears), sight (eyes) and hearts. Little is the thanks you give!"
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k dat means that our spirit is actually a part of Allah's own spirit? or Allah made spirit sumwhere else n then breathed dat in humans
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Well, there are different translations that I found:
Pickthall Translation: Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His spirit; and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
Yusuf Ali Translation: But He fashioned him in due proportion and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
Daryabadi Translation: Then He fashioned him and breathed into him something of a spirit from Him; and He ordained for you hearing and sight and hearts. Little is the thanks ye return.
Muhsin Khan Translation: Then He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him the soul (created by Allah for that person), and He gave you hearing (ears), sight (eyes) and hearts. Little is the thanks you give!
But the best one is this that explains it well:
"And then He forms him in accordance with what he is meant to be, and breathes into him of His spirit: As in 15:29 and 38:72, God's "breathing of His spirit into man" is a metaphor for the divine gift of life and consciousness, or of a "soul" (which, as pointed out in second note on surah 4:171, is one of the meanings of the term ruh). "
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[32:9 and then He forms him in accordance with what he is meant to be, and breathes into him of His spirit:and [thus, O men,] He endows you with hearing, and sight, and feelings as well as minds: [yet] how seldom are you grateful!
ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ
This above translation is by Moulana Mohmamad Asad.
Now my take on this verse:
Nafakha fihee min rohi litraly can mean . breathed into it from his spirit.
But it can also mean that Allah put a spirit into it from the spirits which Allah owned.
So now rohi does not necessarily mean that Allah himself is a spirit and he injected a part of his own spirit into this body he created. In Arabic if I want to say that it is his book then I will say kitabahe, it is his water will be ma a he , same way roh he he does not imply that Allah himself is a spirit and he injected part of his own spirit into man. It simply means that Allah owned a spirit and he injected a spirit which he owned into man (he might have created this spirit specifically for this purpose . ) Islam has given us a concept of spirit and a physical body when a person dies his spirit gets separated from his body ,where it goes after this separation ? I do not know.
Allah knows the best.
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Then God made the human complete and breathed of His spirit into him. And He gave you hearing and sight and feelings. How small thanks do you give! (32:9)
does it implies that Allah breathed his own spirit into humans? i am kindda confused after readin this. Does it means that our spirits are actually sum part of Allah's spirit??
Peace Simply Seema
One needs to understand Allah (SWT) in all the ways He has described Himself in order to understand what you are asking.
If you are assuming that The Spirit of Allah (SWT) is part of The Divine Essence, then the answer to your question is 'no' according to the AhlusSunnah, because we understand The Spirit of Allah (SWT) to be a creation and from this all souls were drawn out.
Some sects mainly from mystic and pagan influences however believe that this is true and claim to be part of Allah (SWT). This is where the other Attributes of Allah (SWT) can help.
1) He is Creator - Creation is the act of making something from nothing, the only true Creator is He ... we but manipulate energy and mass to new forms, but we cannot create in the absolute sense.
2) He is nothing like creation - Which means we cannot be like or part of Him
3) Reflexive logic dictates that if we contained part of Allah (SWT) then we should not be faulty, also if we understand Him to be Infinite but totally and Absolutely One and we are not infinite and parts of us can break like a hand but we will still be as souls, it suggests This Indivisible Entity cannot be broken into smaller parts.
So we are part of the Spirit of Allah (SWT) but this Spirit of Allah (SWT) is not part of Him, anymore than our thoughts are part of us.
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According to Ibn Kathir, Allah had fashioned a soul for Adam a.s. Which was seperate. Not necessarily his own.
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ev1 for giving me a better understanding of the topic in hand.