The Holy Quran 17:85 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

They (the Jews) ask you (O Muhammad ﷺ) about the soul (What is it?). (Without giving a detailed reply to the question, Allaah commands Rasulullaah ﷺ to) Say, "It is from the command of my Rabb (It is from among Allaah's creation)." You have been granted only a little bit of knowledge. (The knowledge of mankind and that of Rasulullaah ﷺ is extremely little compared to the knowledge of Allaah. Whereas man cannot even understand the reality of the soul that is within him, how can he hope to understand Allaah as He really is?)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The question put to the Prophet ﷺ about the spirit: that is, what is the human spirit? What is its essence and reality? According to the narration of the two “Sahihs”, this question was put by the Jews of Madinah to test the Prophet ﷺ. And from the narrations of the books of “Sirah” (biography of the Prophet ﷺ)

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