Every Soul Has a Keeper
- philhoraia
- Feb 13, 2023
- 1 min read
S 86:4 There is no soul but a keeper is over it.
Who or what is over a soul? The Jalalayn for this verse say:
Over every soul there is a keeper if read la-mā then mā is extra and in is softened in place of the hardened form with its subject omitted that is to say innahu; the lām is a particle for separation; if read lammā then in is for negation and lammā means illā ‘except that’ — the watcher is an angel that keeps a record of its deeds both the good and the evil. https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=86&tAyahNo=4&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2
The * تفسير Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs says:
(No human soul) no believing or disbelieving soul-this is why Allah swore-(but hath a guardian over it) who record its words and deeds until he drives it into the grave. https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=73&tSoraNo=86&tAyahNo=4&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2
The soul is driven into the grave? It is not sent to the Barzakh? In the Quran the word 'soul' is often used in connection with a man's being killed. See my post, Killing a Soul .
In S 5:116 we read:
And when Allah said: Isa son of Maryam, did you say to people, Take me and my mother as two gods instead of Allah? He said: Praise be to you! It is not for me to say what I have no right to. If I had said it, you would have known. You know what is in my soul but I do not know what is in your soul. You are the knower of the ghuyub.
Allah's soul? Is there a keeper over Allah's soul?
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