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What Kind Of Beings Are Jinn?

What Kind Of Beings Are Jinn? The Nature of Jinn Jinn are conscious beings charged with Divine obligations. The word jinn literally means something hidden or veiled from sight. As mentioned earlier (The Fountain No. 15), jinns are a species or kind of beings that cannot be seen with the...

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Spirit Explained

Spirit Explained The English word spirit comes from the Latin “spiritus” (“breath”) and has several interrelated meanings: Metaphysically, a spirit is an incorporeal energy force that is present in all living things but distinct from the soul. (The distinction between soul and spirit became current in Judeo-Christian terminology.) A spirit may also be...

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Essence

Essence Essence (Latin: essentia) is a polysemic term, used in philosophy and theology as a designation for the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property...

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Artha

Artha Artha (अर्थ) is one of the four aims of human life in Indian philosophy. The word artha literally translates as “meaning, sense, goal, purpose or essence” depending on the context. Artha is also a broader concept in the scriptures of Hinduism. As a concept, it has multiple meanings, all of...

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Nafs (The Soul)

Nafs (The Soul) Nafs (The Soul) is a substance that is essentially free of matter but which is in close connection with it in its acts and functions; it is the origin or essence of something or its self. There have been those who have used it in the sense...

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The Spirit And What Follows

The Spirit And What Follows This article covers the Spirit and the Afterlife. Based on al-Milal wa’n-Nihal (“The True and False Ways of Belief and Thought”) by ash-Shahristani,[1]Tahafut al-Falasifa (“The Incoherence of the Philosophers”) by Imam al-Ghazzali,[2] Mawqif al-‘Aql wa’l-‘Ilm wa’l-‘Alam (“The Place of Reason, Science, and the Created World”) by Mustafa Sabri...

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Ātman In Hinduism

Ātman In Hinduism Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that means inner self, spirit, or soul. In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school of Hinduism, Ātman is the first principle, the true self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual. In order to attain Moksha (liberation), a human being must acquire self-knowledge (atma jnana), which is, according to...

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Tsukumogami

Tsukumogami In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, lit. “tool kami”) are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, a certain theory in the Onmyōki, tsukumogami are what foxes that have lived for one hundred years turn into. In modern times, they...

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The Spirit World

The Spirit World (Spiritualism) The spirit world, according to spiritualism, is the world or realm inhabited by spirits, both good or evil of various spiritual manifestations. Whereas religion regards an inner life, the spirit world is regarded as an external environment for spirits. Although independent from the natural world, both the spirit world...

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The Spirit

The Spirit The spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to consciousness or personality. A spirit is a supernatural being, often, but not exclusively, a non-physical entity; such as a ghost, fairy, or angel. The concepts of a person’s spirit and soul, often also overlap, as both are either contrasted with or given ontological priority over the body...

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The Spirit And Its Identity

The Spirit And Its Identity This article covers the spirit and its identity in detail. The spirit is from the world of Divine Commands. There are many other worlds than those we commonly think of, such as those of plants, animals, human beings, and the world of the jinn. Our...

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The Spirit And The Conscience

The Spirit And The Conscience The spirit and conscience are strong arguments for the existence of One God. Despite enormous advances in the sciences, man is unable to explain life. Life is the gift of the Ever-Living One, Who breathes a spirit into each embryo. We know little concerning the...

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The Spirit In The Intermediate World

The Spirit In The Intermediate World Where Does The Spirit (Soul) Go After Death? This article covers The Spirit in the Intermediate World. Following death, each person’s spirit is taken to God’s Presence. If it led a good, virtuous life and became refined, the angels charged with taking it to...

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Death And The Spirit After Death

Death And The Spirit After Death This article covers Death And The Spirit After Death. All human beings have an intrinsic feeling of eternity, and so feel imprisoned in the narrow confines of the material world and yearn for eternity. Whoever can hear our conscious nature will hear it pronouncing...

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What Is The Spirit, And How Does It Affect Us?

What Is The Spirit, And How Does It Affect Us? This article covers the answer to the questions: “What Is The Spirit, And How Does It Affect Us?“ There are many worlds, among them those of plants, animals, people, and jinn. Our visible, material world addresses itself to our senses...

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Will Spirits Of Death Ones Feel Pain On Doomsday?

Will Spirits Of Death Ones Feel Pain On Doomsday? This article covers the answer to the question: “Will Spirits Of Death Ones Feel Pain On Doomsday?“ They will be grieved according to their degrees. They will be grieved in the same way that they are grieved at the overwhelming, wrathful...

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The Spirit Is A Living Entity And It Is Eternal

The Spirit Is A Living Entity And It Is Eternal The spirit is undoubtedly eternal, and the proofs of the existence of angels and other spirit beings mentioned in the First Aim are proofs of the eternity of the spirit. This matter is so obvious that it is unnecessary to...

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Spirit Toward The Present Time

Spirit Toward The Present Time This article covers the thought of philosophers on spirit toward the present time. Ancient philosophies have been re-evaluated and criticized in recent centuries. Free thinking has gained ascendancy. Even Divinely revealed religious texts have received their share of criticism. Love of truth and zeal for...

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The Scholars Of Sufism About The Spirit

The Scholars Of Sufism About The Spirit This article covers the considerations of the scholars of Sufism about the Spirit. The scholars of Sufism regard the considerations of philosophers and some theologians about the spirit to be a futile exercise. However, we see the traces of the doctrine of the...

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Ways To Train Our Own Spirit

Ways To Train Our Own Spirit This article covers the ways to train our own spirit. The ways one can make one’s spirit more active and less confined within time and space. To make the realm to its activity more spacious for the spirit, one has the innate capacity to...