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'''Rūḥ''' ({{lang-ar|روح}} plural: ''Arwah'') meaning spirit, appears to be related to the Hebrew word "Ruach" or "Ruah" (רוּחַ) (See: [[Ruach#Etymology]]). As a part of the human, it designates the inner self or the human soul. Among the [[Lataif-e-sitta|al-Laṭaʾif as-sitta]] (اللطائف الستة) it is the third purity. Sometimes Ruh can also be a spirit roaming the earth.<ref>Gerda Sengers ''Women and Demons: Cultic Healing in Islamic Egypt'' BRILL 2003 ISBN 978-9-004-12771-5 page 50</ref>
'''Rūḥ''' ({{lang-ar|روح}} plural: ''Arwah'') meaning spirit, appears to be related to the Hebrew word "Ruach" or "Ruah" (רוּחַ) (See: [[Ruach#Etymology]]). As a part of the human, it designates the inner self or the human soul. Among the [[Lataif-e-sitta|al-Laṭaʾif as-sitta]] (اللطائف الستة) it is the third purity. Sometimes Ruh can also be a spirit roaming the earth.<ref>Gerda Sengers ''Women and Demons: Cultic Healing in Islamic Egypt'' BRILL 2003 ISBN 978-90-04-12771-5 page 50</ref>


==Ruh and the soul==
==Ruh and the soul==
Along with the [[Nafs]], [[God in Islam|God]] created the humans endowed with ''Ruh''. Ruh is created before the bodies and considered to be immortal and drives the body, unlike the Nafs, which dies with the body and just can take over control if the Ruh surrenders the bodily urges.<ref>Dr. Sultan Ahmad ''Islam In Perspective'' Author House 2011 ISBN 978-1-449-03993-6 page 180</ref> The Nafs belong to the bodily desires of men, while the Ruh describes the immaterial essence of humans, beyond emotions and instincts shared by humans and animals, and makes the body alive.<ref>Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ''Reason, Spirit and the Sacral in the New Enlightenment: Islamic Metaphysics Revived and Recent Phenomenology of Life'' Springer Science & Business Media 2010 ISBN 978-9-048-19612-8 page 75</ref>
Along with the [[Nafs]], [[God in Islam|God]] created the humans endowed with ''Ruh''. Ruh is created before the bodies and considered to be immortal and drives the body, unlike the Nafs, which dies with the body and just can take over control if the Ruh surrenders the bodily urges.<ref>Dr. Sultan Ahmad ''Islam In Perspective'' Author House 2011 ISBN 978-1-4490-3993-6 page 180</ref> The Nafs belong to the bodily desires of men, while the Ruh describes the immaterial essence of humans, beyond emotions and instincts shared by humans and animals, and makes the body alive.<ref>Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ''Reason, Spirit and the Sacral in the New Enlightenment: Islamic Metaphysics Revived and Recent Phenomenology of Life'' Springer Science & Business Media 2010 ISBN 978-90-481-9612-8 page 75</ref>


==Thirteen stages of taming rūḥ==
==Thirteen stages of taming rūḥ==

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For other uses, see Rūḥ (disambiguation).

Rūḥ (Template:Lang-ar plural: Arwah) meaning spirit, appears to be related to the Hebrew word "Ruach" or "Ruah" (רוּחַ) (See: Ruach#Etymology). As a part of the human, it designates the inner self or the human soul. Among the al-Laṭaʾif as-sitta (اللطائف الستة) it is the third purity. Sometimes Ruh can also be a spirit roaming the earth.[1]

Ruh and the soul

Along with the Nafs, God created the humans endowed with Ruh. Ruh is created before the bodies and considered to be immortal and drives the body, unlike the Nafs, which dies with the body and just can take over control if the Ruh surrenders the bodily urges.[2] The Nafs belong to the bodily desires of men, while the Ruh describes the immaterial essence of humans, beyond emotions and instincts shared by humans and animals, and makes the body alive.[3]

Thirteen stages of taming rūḥ

To attend Tajalli ar-rūḥ, the Salik needs to achieve the following thirteen.

  1. Irādah or Commitment with God
  2. Istiqāmah or Steadfastness in the way with God
  3. Hāya or Shame in committing evil
  4. Ḥurīyyah or Freedom: Ibrahim Bin Adham said, "A free man is one who abandons the world before he leaves the world". Yaḥyā Bin Maz said, "Those who serves the people of world are slaves, and those who serve the people of ʾĀkhirah are the free ones". Abū ʿAlī Daqāq said, "Remember, real freedom is in total obedience. Therefore if someone has total obedience in God, he will be free from the slavery of non God"
  5. Fatoot or Manliness: Abū ʿAlī Daqāq said, "Manliness is in one's being of continuous service to others. This is an etiquette that was perfected by Prophet Muhammad only".
  6. Ḥub or Love for God
  7. Aboodiyah or Slavery under God
  8. Maraqiba or Complete Focus on God
  9. Duʿāʾ or Prayer
  10. Faqar or Abandoning of materialism
  11. Tasawwuf or Wearing a dress of no material significance
  12. Suhbat or Company of the righteous ones
  13. Adab or Following Protocols of respect for the great ones

Acknowledgements

The excerpts are translation from Persian book "Shahid ul Wojood" written two hundred years ago.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gerda Sengers Women and Demons: Cultic Healing in Islamic Egypt BRILL 2003 ISBN 978-90-04-12771-5 page 50
  2. ^ Dr. Sultan Ahmad Islam In Perspective Author House 2011 ISBN 978-1-4490-3993-6 page 180
  3. ^ Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Reason, Spirit and the Sacral in the New Enlightenment: Islamic Metaphysics Revived and Recent Phenomenology of Life Springer Science & Business Media 2010 ISBN 978-90-481-9612-8 page 75
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