Sleep and the Soul's Departure
النوم وفصل الروح
Verse reference
اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَاالزمر 42
Interpretive reading
Neuroscience suggests that sleep is a death-like state in which consciousness is suspended and the brain undergoes a resetting process.
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Related readings
Stages of Embryo Development
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ * ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ * ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا
The stages: nutfah → ’alaqah (a leech‑like clot that attaches to the uterine wall) → mudghah (a chewed‑like lump) → bones → clothed with flesh. This sequence is sometimes read as corresponding to modern embryology; this is an interpretive reading.
مراحل تكوين الجنينThe Embryo in Three Darknesses
يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ
The "three darknesses" in the Quran are sometimes read as the abdominal wall, the uterine wall, and the placenta (chorion). This interpretive reading was recognized through modern embryology.
الجنين في ثلاث ظلماتFingerprints
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
The Quranic verse is sometimes read as pointing to the distinctive nature of the fingertips; this is an interpretive reading that notes fingerprints were not recognized as a unique means of identification until the 19th century.
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