Ensoulment in the womb · Islam Museum

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Creed Afterlife and eschatology

Summary

After some seventy days an angel is sent to the embryo, breathes the soul into it and is ordered four words: its provision, its term, its deeds, and wretched or happy — the unseen moment the lump becomes a soul.

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Mentioned in: Qur'an 32:9

People and things also explored

Al-barzakh· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection· The Reckoning· The major signs of the Hour· The rivers of Paradise· The causes that remove punishment for sins· The Throne-Bearers· The endings of deeds (khawatim)

Sources

Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih Muslim

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islam.museum contributors. “Ensoulment in the womb”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/nafkh-al-ruh-fi-al-janin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Al-barzakh

The barrier between this world and the next in which souls remain until the day they are raised; in it are the grave's bliss and its punishment as the texts report.