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Reflections on Surah Sad Ayah 72

38:72

فاذا سويته ونفخت فيه من روحي فقعوا له ساجدين ٧٢

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ ٧٢

فَإِذَاﲕ

سَوَّيۡتُهُۥﲖ

وَنَفَخۡتُﲗ

فِيهِﲘ

مِنﲙ

رُّوحِيﲚ

فَقَعُواْﲛ

لَهُۥﲜ

سَٰجِدِينَﲝ

٧٢ﲞ

So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

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Dr Maryam Fayyaz

last year · Referencing Ayah 2:156, 38:72, 53:39-40, 6:2, 76:1, 89:27-30

Bismillah

The Questioner:
Who am I?
From where did I come?
And where am I going?

Islam:
You are not just matter.
Not just breath and bone.
Allah shaped you from clay (6:2)
and honored you with His Spirit (38:72).
You are a soul,
a servant,
a traveler on the path of return.

Secular Thought:
You are a child of time,
a spark of stardust,
a mind born from nature’s long experiment.
You are free to write yourself,
to shape identity,
to create mea...

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Reflections are personal perspectives (reviewed for quality) and should not be taken as authoritative.

Dr Maryam Fayyaz

last year · Referencing Ayah 2:156, 38:72, 53:39-40, 6:2, 76:1, 89:27-30

Bismillah

The Questioner:
Who am I?
From where did I come?
And where am I going?

Islam:
You are not just matter.
Not just breath and bone.
Allah shaped you from clay (6:2)
and honored you with His Spirit (38:72).
You are a soul,
a servant,
a traveler on the path of return.

Secular Thought:
You are a child of time,
a spark of stardust,
a mind born from nature’s long experiment.
You are free to write yourself,
to shape identity,
to create mea...

5

212

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