Verse 31
The Cloaked One • makkah
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人赋有九种主要感官, 即七种感受外界刺激的感官, 一种本体感受空间方位的感官, 一种是饥饿、干渴等有关的内脏器官所引起的感受内部刺激的感官。这些感官连同九种精神上的对应感官, 以及监护者即控制感官, 也就是支配和控制人性所有不同感官的意志力, 构成了十九个火狱的监护者。“十九” 这个数字也可以指与有经者特别有关的一个安拉的大奥秘, 它的意义和实在性将在安拉指定的时间披露, 并使他们承认 «古兰经» 教义的真理性, 大大加强了信者必然的信念。有谁胆敢断言他知道安拉的一切奥秘？
Man has been endowed with nine major senses, i.e. the seven exteroceptive senses, one proprioceptive sense of position in space and one enteroceptive sense arising from internal organs relating to sensations of hunger, thirst, etc. These coupled with their nine spiritual counterparts together with the guardian or the controlling sense, i.e. the will power which dominates and controls all these different faculties of human nature, are the nineteen guardians of Hell. Or, the number "nineteen" may be a great Divine secret specially concerning the People of the Book of which the significance and reality will be disclosed in God’s own time and will make them acknowledge the truth of the Quranic teaching and will add greatly to the certainty of faith of the believers. Who dare claim to know all the Divine secrets?
Commentary:
"Nineteen", may refer here to man’s natural powers and faculties which, according to some Sufis or mystics are nineteen in number. Proper use of these faculties or powers helps a person’s spiritual development while their misuse causes his moral death. In consonance with these nineteen faculties, which constitute the real source or instrument of a man’s good or bad actions, nineteen angels will be appointed to cleanse the guilty of their sins; each angel being entrusted with the duty of cleansing sins committed through one particular faculty. In fact, Hell as conceived by the Quran is a purgatory where the human soul, after being cured of its spiritual maladies, will resume uniform spiritual development.
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人赋有九种主要感官, 即七种感受外界刺激的感官, 一种本体感受空间方位的感官, 一种是饥饿、干渴等有关的内脏器官所引起的感受内部刺激的感官。这些感官连同九种精神上的对应感官, 以及监护者即控制感官, 也就是支配和控制人性所有不同感官的意志力, 构成了十九个火狱的监护者。“十九” 这个数字也可以指与有经者特别有关的一个安拉的大奥秘, 它的意义和实在性将在安拉指定的时间披露, 并使他们承认 «古兰经» 教义的真理性, 大大加强了信者必然的信念。有谁胆敢断言他知道安拉的一切奥秘？
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Commentary:
"Nineteen", may refer here to man’s natural powers and faculties which, according to some Sufis or mystics are nineteen in number. Proper use of these faculties or powers helps a person’s spiritual development while their misuse causes his moral death. In consonance with these nineteen faculties, which constitute the real source or instrument of a man’s good or bad actions, nineteen angels will be appointed to cleanse the guilty of their sins; each angel being entrusted with the duty of cleansing sins committed through one particular faculty. In fact, Hell as conceived by the Quran is a purgatory where the human soul, after being cured of its spiritual maladies, will resume uniform spiritual development.
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Man has been endowed with nine major senses, i.e. the seven exteroceptive senses, one proprioceptive sense of position in space and one enteroceptive sense arising from internal organs relating to sensations of hunger, thirst, etc. These coupled with their nine spiritual counterparts together with the guardian or the controlling sense, i.e. the will power which dominates and controls all these different faculties of human nature, are the nineteen guardians of Hell. Or, the number "nineteen" may be a great Divine secret specially concerning the People of the Book of which the significance and reality will be disclosed in God’s own time and will make them acknowledge the truth of the Quranic teaching and will add greatly to the certainty of faith of the believers. Who dare claim to know all the Divine secrets?