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Zia Shah
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Editor-in-Chief, Muslim Sunrise
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Sleep as a Metaphor for Death in Qur’an 39:42: Theological, Neuroscientific, and Philosophical Perspectives
By Zia Shah Verified| The Muslim Times@ Qur’an 39:42 presents a striking analogy between sleep and death, using the daily phenomenon of sleep as a miniature model of human mortality. The verse states: “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term.
By Zia Shah Verified| The Muslim Times@ Different religious traditions have varying doctrines about whether their highest leaders are considered infallible, divinely guided, or spiritually superior. Below we compare Roman Catholicism (the Pope), Coptic Orthodox Christianity (the Coptic Pope/Patriarch of Alexandria), and branches of Shiʿite Islam (Twelver, Ismāʿīlī, and others like Zaydī) regarding the infallibility or special spiritual status of their top leaders.
Sleep as a Metaphor for Death in Qur’an 39:42: Theological, Neuroscientific, and Philosophical Perspectives
By Zia Shah Verified| The Muslim Times@ Qur’an 39:42 presents a striking analogy between sleep and death, using the daily phenomenon of sleep as a miniature model of human mortality. The verse states: “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term.
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Muslim Sunrise
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
+44 20 8870 5234