Nafs

نفسnafs

Preferred translation: soul
Also rendered contextually as: self
Grammatical variants: soul’s
souls
Technical sense: unified self

General Technical Meaning

Soul is the principle or first perfection of a living natural body; technical accounts distinguish its powers and grades.

In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works

In the reviewed Uṣūl epistemological passage, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī characterizes the self as a unified, individuated, enduring subject directly present to itself, not a succession of perceptions. This describes the soul’s cognitive role here, not an exhaustive account of the soul in all his works.

Source: Uṣūl-i Falsafah wa Rawish-i Riʾālism

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On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 1
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 2
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 4
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 5
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Three — Effects Issuing from the Human Being by Will Differ in Strength and Weakness · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Three — Effects Issuing from the Human Being by Will Differ in Strength and Weakness · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Three — Effects Issuing from the Human Being by Will Differ in Strength and Weakness · passage 7
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Four — Every Occurring, Sensed Act Has an Effect upon the Soul · passage 1
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Four — Every Occurring, Sensed Act Has an Effect upon the Soul · passage 2
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Six — That Among Human Acts There Is Mutual Crowding · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Six — That Among Human Acts There Is Mutual Crowding · passage 8
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Seven — That Between Acts and Faculties There Is a Connection · passage 4
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Eight — How Knowledge Is Acquired by the Human Being · passage 5
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Eight — How Knowledge Is Acquired by the Human Being · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 9
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 10
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 11
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 12
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 13
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 16
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 19
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Eleven — On the States of the Consummate Wretched · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Eleven — On the States of the Consummate Wretched · passage 7
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Twelve — On the State of the Intermediate Common Folk · passage 2
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Twelve — On the State of the Intermediate Common Folk · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Thirteen — On the State of the Soul in its Visions, and the Discussion of Dreams · passage 1
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Thirteen — On the State of the Soul in its Visions, and the Discussion of Dreams · passage 2
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Thirteen — On the State of the Soul in its Visions, and the Discussion of Dreams · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Thirteen — On the State of the Soul in its Visions, and the Discussion of Dreams · passage 5
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Thirteen — On the State of the Soul in its Visions, and the Discussion of Dreams · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fourteen — On the Manner of the Soul's Influences and the Explanation of their Cause · passage 1
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fourteen — On the Manner of the Soul's Influences and the Explanation of their Cause · passage 2
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fourteen — On the Manner of the Soul's Influences and the Explanation of their Cause · passage 4
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fifteen — On Prophethood and Messengership and What Follows Them of Revelation, Inspiration, the Veridical Dream, the Miracle, the Preternatural, and the Charism · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fifteen — On Prophethood and Messengership and What Follows Them of Revelation, Inspiration, the Veridical Dream, the Miracle, the Preternatural, and the Charism · passage 5
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fifteen — On Prophethood and Messengership and What Follows Them of Revelation, Inspiration, the Veridical Dream, the Miracle, the Preternatural, and the Charism · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fifteen — On Prophethood and Messengership and What Follows Them of Revelation, Inspiration, the Veridical Dream, the Miracle, the Preternatural, and the Charism · passage 8
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Sixteen — On the Reality of Sorcery and Soothsaying and What Resembles Them · passage 1
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Sixteen — On the Reality of Sorcery and Soothsaying and What Resembles Them · passage 2
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:63–74
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:102–103
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:124
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:187
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:204–207
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Māʾidah 5:27–32
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Māʾidah 5:105
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Aʿrāf 7:138–154
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Aʿrāf 7:180–186
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · Yūsuf 12:93–102
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · Author’s Introduction

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