Chapter 4 — When the Fetus Is Complete: Streaming Begins

After understanding that:

UMMĪ = original source

LUH MAHFUZ = preserved record

ANGELS = network of executors

RUH = streaming of the Lord’s affairs

the next question is:

When does the human physical body begin to become an active receiver of this streaming?

The Quran presents a very interesting sequence.

Allah says:

ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

“Then He perfected him, breathed into him from His Ruh, and made for you hearing, sight and af’idah. Little are you grateful.”

— As-Sajdah 32:9

Notice the sequence:

PERFECTED → NAFKH → HEARING → SIGHT → AF’IDAH

This is not a random sequence.

It indicates that once the physical body has become complete as a receiver, the process of transmission and manifestation of functions begins.

THE PHYSICAL BODY MUST BECOME A RECEIVER

A phone whose components are not yet complete cannot run the system.

The screen is not yet functioning.

The processor is not yet complete.

The network is not yet available.

Therefore, data cannot yet be manifested through that device.

The same applies to the fetus.

Before the physical body is sufficiently complete as a receiving medium, data cannot yet be manifested through the senses and qalb.

Once the structure of the physical body has become sufficiently complete to receive:

STREAMING BEGINS.

This is what we read through:

وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ

“And He breathed into him from His Ruh.”

NAFKH = THE CONNECTION IS ACTIVATED

Nafkh should not be imagined as though a tube is placed onto the physical body and air is then blown into it.

Within this analogy:

NAFKH = THE CONNECTION IS ACTIVATED

Like a device connecting to the primary server for the first time.

Once the connection becomes active:

data begins to enter,

the system begins to recognise functions,

input begins to be received,

output begins to be manifested.

Therefore, nafkh is the beginning of the active connection between the original source, the network and the physical body.

NOT A ONE-TIME COPY, BUT STREAMING

If the process were merely a “one-time copy”, human beings should not require an ongoing connection afterwards.

But throughout human life:

new information enters,

new experiences are formed,

memories change,

choices are made,

emotions change,

attributes develop.

This indicates, within this model, that the transmission is not merely an initial process.

It is:

CONTINUOUS STREAMING

The physical body continues to receive.

The profile continues to be updated.

Data continues to be recorded.

THE ANGELS OPERATE THE CONNECTION

Allah says:

يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ

“He sends down the angels with the Ruh from His command.”

— An-Naḥl 16:2

Therefore, when streaming begins, the angels perform the functions of the network.

There is data of truth.

There are sensations.

There is breath.

There are records.

There are questions.

There is bliss.

There is pressure.

All these functions operate through the network that we arranged in Chapter 2.

HEARING: THE FIRST INPUT

As-Sajdah 32:9 mentions:

السَّمْعَ

hearing first.

Hearing is one of the earliest channels of input.

Human beings receive sound before they are capable of understanding the entirety of the world around them.

Therefore, within the data model:

HEARING = INPUT CHANNEL

Information can enter through sound.

Language enters.

Tone enters.

Calls enter.

Information enters.

SIGHT: DATA BECOMES AN IMAGE

Then comes:

الْأَبْصَارَ

sight.

Sight brings the forms, colours, movements, distances and faces of the world into the self.

Therefore:

SIGHT = VISUAL INPUT

What exists outside the physical body is transformed into experience within the self.

AF’IDAH: DATA BECOMES MEANING

Then comes:

الْأَفْئِدَةَ

Af’idah is not merely a physical organ.

This is where the data received becomes:

feeling,

evaluation,

meaning,

awareness,

inclination.

The eyes see.

The ears hear.

But the self determines what it means.

Therefore:

THE SENSES CARRY DATA

AF’IDAH GIVES MEANING

MIKAIL AND THE FIVE SENSES

This is where the function of Mikail becomes clearer within our model.

Sustenance is not merely what is possessed.

Sustenance is what can be experienced.

Food does not become a blessing if there is no sense of taste.

Fragrance does not become a blessing if there is no sense of smell.

A beautiful view does not become a blessing if there is no sight.

A voice does not become a blessing if there is no hearing.

Touch does not become a blessing if there is no sense of touch.

Therefore:

SUSTENANCE → SENSES → HEART/FEELING → BLESSING

The physical body becomes a receiver of sustenance through the five senses.

JIBRIL AND THE DATA OF TRUTH

Not all data is the same.

There is sound.

There are images.

There are sensations.

But there is one type of data that determines how all other data is understood:

TRUTH.

Allah says:

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ ۝ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ

“The trustworthy Ruh brought it down upon your qalb.”

— Ash-Shu‘arā’ 26:193–194

Therefore, Jibril brings the most decisive data:

TRUE FACTS.

When true facts reach the qalb, they can change the entire profile.

What was once feared can be understood.

What was once assumed can become certainty.

What once caused sadness can acquire meaning.

That is why Jibril becomes the leader of the other nine functions.

TRUE FACTS BRING THE ENTIRE NETWORK INTO ORDER.

THE FETUS HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BUILD A PROFILE

Once the connection becomes active, the fetus is no longer an empty physical body.

Input has already begun to be received.

The surrounding conditions have an effect.

Sounds are received.

Movement is felt.

Changes occur within the physical body.

Therefore, the profile begins to form before the human being sees the world after birth.

Birth is not the beginning of the profile’s existence.

It is a transition into a broader medium of experience.

BIRTH = INCREASED BANDWIDTH

Within the womb, the range of input is limited.

After birth:

the eyes receive more light,

the ears receive more sounds,

the skin receives more touch,

the tongue begins to recognise tastes,

the nose recognises smells.

Therefore, the analogy is:

BIRTH = BANDWIDTH IS EXPANDED

Streaming had already begun before birth.

After birth, the amount of data received increases enormously.

LIFE IS A PROCESS OF LEARNING

Every new experience changes the profile.

A baby learns to recognise voices.

Then faces.

Then a sense of security.

Then language.

Then right and wrong.

Then the ability to make its own choices.

Each stage adds data.

Therefore:

LIFE = COLLECTION + EVALUATION + PROFILE UPDATES

SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER

Once the fetus has become complete as a receiver:

NAFKH takes place.

Within this model, nafkh is:

THE ACTIVATION OF THE CONNECTION.

Then:

UMMĪ
↓
LUH MAHFUZ
↓
AMR
↓
ANGELS
↓
RUH / STREAMING
↓
FETUS / PHYSICAL BODY
↓
SENSES
↓
AF’IDAH / QALB
↓
MEANING
↓
ATTRIBUTES
↓
AF‘AL
↓
PROFILE RECORD

Therefore, the fetus is not an empty vessel that suddenly becomes alive because something like smoke is inserted into it.

It becomes a living terminal connected to the network.

And once that connection begins:

THE STREAMING DOES NOT STOP AS LONG AS THE PHYSICAL BODY REMAINS ALIVE.