Question:
Salam wa aleykum,
May I ask what is the difference between the spirit and the soul, as I see different references to them in some answers to questions on eshaykh?
JazakAllah wa khairan
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Nafs is used in the sense of ego, but can sometimes have the same sense as ruh or spirit, and is also lexically used to mean self as well as a human life. Ruh itself can have different meanings such as the spiritual reality/personality of a human being which we call soul, or the name of a major angel.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
