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فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا
فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا
لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ
ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Then set your face upright for religion in the right state--
the nature made by Allah in which He has made men;
there is no altering of Allah's creation;
that is the right religion, but most people do not know--
[Al-Quran 30:30, Translation: Shakir]
So keep your face set enquiringly towards the [true] religion,
God´s natural handiwork along which lines He has patterned mankind.
There is no way to alter God´s creation.
That is the correct religion, though most men do not realize it
[Al-Quran 30:30, Translation: T. B. Irving]
I translate the ayaat as follows:
So stand, setting your face for the upright religion(fundamental law of returns)
Separation by Allah upon which He has separated humans
There should be no change in the creation of Allah
That is the standing religion(fundamental law of returns), but most people do not know
[Al-Quran 30:30, Translation: Samiya Illias]
I understand that this ayat is forbidding us from making any changes in the human hardware or software. In today's world, technological advances make it possible to make changes in the hardware through implants and transplants, and other surgical procedures; changes in the software are being done through cross-breeding, genetic engineering, etc. The following is a brief explanation of why I translate this ayat thus:
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا
The word deen means return; On the Day of Returns, we have been promised that we will be repaid for our deeds. Allah will be the judge of the Day of Returns or the Day of the Fundamental Law of Returns.
The Right Religion
Every nafs to be compensated (Q20:__)
also see throw move living: reality (when Moses throws) vs all in the mind (when magicians throw)
focus on throw and effect ??? Bible ayat ... became a living nephesh
فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا
The Bible and The Quran both inform us that we are made of dust.
Allah is the Faatir (Separator) of the skies and earth. When Allah created the skies and earth, He separated them. Similarly, He has separated us humans, and all other creatures. Each person is an individual unit.
When an individual unit dies, the monotheistic faiths bury the body. The scriptures emphasise the resurrection when the body will be reconstituted. The Quran claims that there is a well-detailed record of each individual unit
surah Qaf
surah Qiyamah
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لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ
The Quran questions:
أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ
Or they were created of nothing, or (are) they the creators?
[Al-Quran 52:35]
Earlier on, Surah at-Tur also makes the point that:
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And those who believed and followed them their offspring in faith, We will join with them their offspring and not We will deprive them of their deeds (in) any thing. Every person for what he earned (is) pledged.
Note: The Quran is very precise in its choice of words. It is interesting to note that humans are referred to with words: الْإِنسِ , النَّاسِ and الْإِنسَانُ. Gender is denoted by the word ذَكَرٍ for male, and أُنثَىٰ for female. When distinguishing people by age bracket, The Quran refers to men as رِجَالً, and نِسَاءً is used to refer to women. For boys, girls and children, there exist others words for those age groups.
The Quran addresses us directly as 'you' and speaks to us about our 'nafs'. Therefore, the living human seems to comprise of two components: the body and its nafs:
Screenshot from corpus.quran.com
The امْرِئٍ and the نَّفْسٍ, both are in pledge!
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
O mankind! Be conscious your Rab (Lord/Sustainer), the One Who created you from a single nafs, and created from her her mate, and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And be conscious of Allah Whom you ask, with it, and the wombs. Indeed, Allah is over you Ever-Watchful.
[Al-Quran 4:1]
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا اللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ آتَيْتَنَا صَالِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
He (is) the One Who created you from a single nafs and made from her her mate that he might live with her. And when he covers her, she carries a burden light and continues with it. But when she grows heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You give us a righteous (child), surely we will be among the thankful."
[Al-Quran 7:189]
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا اللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ آتَيْتَنَا صَالِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
He (is) the One Who created you from a single nafs and made from her her mate that he might live with her. And when he covers her, she carries a burden light and continues with it. But when she grows heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You give us a righteous (child), surely we will be among the thankful."
[Al-Quran 7:189]
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ
He created you from a single nafs. Then He made from her her mate. And He sent down for you of the cattle eight kinds. He creates you in (the) wombs (of) your mothers, creation after creation, in darkness[es] three. That (is) Allah your Lord; for Him (is) the dominion. (There is) no god except He. Then how are you turning away?
[Al-Quran 39:6]
Surah an-Nisa`, Surah al-Ara`f and Surah az-Zumar inform us that Allah began the creation of humans from a single nafs. The Quran 39:42 also informs us that the nafs is removed and returned daily to the living, while the dead are permanently separated from their nafs till the Day of Resurrection. It also warns us to not to make changes in our nafs, as that will result in Allah changing our condition for the worse. The mighty ancients are already extinct, and the precedent of Sabbath violators is a living example.
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الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنسَانِ مِن طِينٍ
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ
ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ
Who made good everything that He has created, and He began the creation of man from dust.
Then He made his progeny of an extract, of water held in light estimation.
Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His spirit, and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts; little is it that you give thanks.
Who makes everything He creates so fine! He started out by creating man from clay;
then He made his progeny from an extract of discarded liquid;
next He completed him and breathed some of His own spirit into him. He has granted you hearing, eyesight and vital organs. Yet small thanks do you give for it!
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So, it seems to follow that Allah has created the human body from a single nafs with dust, and then he breathed into it His Rooh that is His Command. This can be understood as that the hardware was built, and then the software was installed in the hardware. but the genetic software is already there to begin with in the egg, such that the software is building the hardware. Then, the Command is the application to breathe, or the application to appoint khalifa of the earth, or ... ??? We have been given very little knowledge of the Ruh except that its from the commands of Allah (Q17:85), so an executable program is installed, after completing the human baby.
ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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