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{ وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلآخِرَةَ وَٱلأُولَىٰ }

Truly to Us belong the Hereafter and the first [life].The Hereafter is the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ), and the first [life] [i.e. this world] is the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ). He guides one person in the direction of [his] spiritual self and another in the direction of [his] natural self.His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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