[Al-Quran 50:6-8] Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and how it has no rifts? And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind, Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

Monday, November 21, 2022

Gullet / امْرِئٍ

Revisiting Human: Body or Soul?  Part IV: Gullet / امْرِئٍ  

Note: In 2017, I published a post titled Human: Body or Soul?. In this series, I intend to restudy the ayaat to improve the understanding, and to increase in submission, in sha Allah  

DRAFT

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وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِين 
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. 
[Al-Quran 52:21

Every امْرِئٍ is also in pledge! The word is generally translated as 'person' or 'man', but it actually means 'gullet'. Taking امْرِئٍ to literally mean 'gullet':  


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The following are a few excerpts about some conditions related to the Oesophagus, and the Heart. 


Oesophageal Atresia is a rare condition: 

Esophageal atresia (EA) is a rare birth defect in which a baby is born without part of the esophagus (the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach). Instead of forming a tube between the mouth and the stomach, the esophagus grows in two separate segments that do not connect. In some children, so much of the esophagus is missing that the ends can't be easily connected with surgery. This is known as long-gap EA. 

Excerpt copied from Boston Children Hospital on November 18, 2022 


Achalasia is a disorder of the Esophagus: 

Achalasia is a rare disorder in which your esophagus is unable to move food and liquids down into your stomach. Your esophagus is the muscular tube that transports food from your mouth to your stomach. At the area where your esophagus meets your stomach is a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This muscle relaxes (opens) to allow food to enter your stomach and contracts (tightens to close) to prevent stomach content from backing up into your esophagus. If you have achalasia, the LES doesn’t relax, which prevents food from moving into your stomach.

Excerpt copied from Cleveland Clinic on November 18, 2022


Gullet is a part of the body that in rare cases is surgically removed: 

Esophagectomy is a surgical procedure to remove some or all of the swallowing tube between your mouth and stomach (esophagus) and then reconstruct it using part of another organ, usually the stomach.  

Excerpt copied from Mayo Clinic on November 18, 2022

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Search results: 

The triliteral root mīm rā hamza (م ر أ) occurs 38 times in the Quran. ... five times as the noun im'ri (ٱمْرِئ) 

Screenshot from corpus.quran.com



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Summary of learnings until now

We have a Gullet. 

The gullet starts at the back of the mouth. It has taste buds on its upper part. 

According to Q24:11, every Gullet earns what sins (لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ) he speaks. 

The Nafs, and The Gullet (Q52:21), are in pledge for what they earn in this life (كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ). 

Every Gullet (Q70:38) desires to enter the Garden of Pleasure (جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ...). 

Every Gullet (Q74:52) wants that its given scriptures spread about (صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً...). 

Every Gullet (Q80:37) will be, on that Day, in a matter enough concern for him (مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ...).

In this world, the Nafs is removed and returned to the living body daily. 

Even in the absence of the Nafs, during sleep, our body continues to perform all essential functions to exist. In our sleep, we can digest food. 

A healthy gullet works fine when we are asleep, but a diseased gullet has difficulty in performing its function properly. 

There is a relationship between the gullet and its heart. The heart muscle opened up reveals its helical shape [related post: Double Helix].  

The gullet is critically placed behind the heart: 

The esophagus (yellow) passes behind the trachea and the heart.
Attribution: By Mikael Häggström and ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15230618

The position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum. Seen from behind.
Attribution: By Henry Vandyke Carter - Henry Gray (1918) Anatomy of the Human Body (See "Book" section below)Bartleby.com: Gray's Anatomy, Plate 1032, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=566975

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slide from: Gratitude Reminders




Related Posts & Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophagus  

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