How did Imam Ali define the human beings body and soul?
It is narrated from the first Shia Imam, Ali ibn Abitaleb (AS) who said: Indeed, the human being’s body has six special conditions:
Health
Illness
Death
Life
Sleep
Awakeness
Also (special conditions for) the human being’s soul is the same:
The life of the soul is its knowledge
The death of the soul is its ignorance
The illness of the soul is its doubt
The health of the soul is its certainty
The sleep of the soul is its negligence
The awakeness of the soul is its awareness/consciousness [1].
[1] Mizanul Hikmah, Vol. 1, page 440
