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Question

We are killed by our bodies and on the doomsday

How sorry we will be that we didn't mortify the body

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Hi

mortify (websters):

1. obsolete :  to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of

2

:  to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort

3

:  to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment :  shame

intransitive verb

1

:  to practice mortification

2

:  to become necrotic or gangrenous

 

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Thank you for sharing

Answer 1

We are killed by our souls. Nevertheless, we will be groaning on the doomsday saying why we did not kill our souls.

در دو قرآن انگلیسی، soul به معنی "نفس" یا "نفس اماره" به کار رفته.

Answer 2

We are enslaved by our desires, and on the doomsday

 

How sorry we will be that we didn't suppress our desires