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How should we understand verse 4 of Surat al-Ma'arij where it says that the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years?
Amina Inloes

According to narrations from the Sh'i Imams, the "day" referred to in this ayah is the Day of Judgment.

In the Shi'i view, the "spirit" is a separate spiritual being created by Allah (not the angel Jibra'il, who would be included under the category of "angels" anyway).

The verse refers to the angels and Spirit returning towards the spiritual realm (nearer to Allah) after the destruction of the physical universe before the day of judgment. That is, currently some angels have jobs in the physical universe, but they will leave the physical universe at that time.

Hope that helps!
Is it permissible to make Dua in a language other than Arabic during Kunoot in prayer in order to express our needs or requests?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Seeking your needs from Allah (SWT) in your own language is permissible during Qunout after reciting any Du;a in Arabic for Qunout. Du'a of Qomout should involve Arabic part then rest can be in any language.

Wassalam.
Is there a Hadith from Imam al-Sadiq (a) that states that a man should not engage in sexual relations with his wife while naked? If so, does this imply that only the man must be clothed, or does it mean that both partners should not be naked?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

There are narrations that do mention some of these things, but most of our esteemed scholars do not mention it as one of the makruh acts during intimacy, meaning that they might not hold that level of authenticity. 

You must refer to your Marja' taqleed on this, but whatever the case is, it is not haram, nor even firmly established as 'makruh'.

And Allah knows best
What does it mean to perform a Faal, and how is it similar to Istikhara?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Faal is not similar to Istekhara. Istekhara is mentioned in many authentic Hadeeths while we don't have authentic Hadeeth teaching Faal. Faal is a type of guessing what will happen in the future which has not foundation. Many of our Ulama mentioned that Faal is not allowed.

Wassalam.