RELI 2732 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sheikh, Dharma, Impermanence

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11 Jul 2014
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What is the difference between ruh and nafs: ruh: means spirit, animating breath of god as spirit, nafs: soul, inner soul and whole personality. However. the world in between invisible and visible is the world of the jins who are made out of fire. fire is a mixture of material and light. innr core is ruh. What is barzakh: after death and before resurrection, seperation barrier/boundary between the world of living and death. In heaven the faithful are given vision of god again which each perceives according to his capacity, the greatest bliss is he vision of god so the greatest misery is to be veiled from god. What is the traverse : bridge over hell, that is sharper than sword and thinner t. han hair. What is the world of the fathers ? ancestors desires vedic period: it is one of the vedic universe realms, it is the underworld inhabited by the dead.