Rūḥ is spirit, from the Qurʾānic account of God breathing his spirit into Adam. Sufis distinguish it from the nafs: the spirit draws toward God, the ego toward the world, and the heart is the battlefield between them. The Qurʾān says that the spirit is of the command of the Lord.
Rūḥ
Spirit: the divine breath breathed into Adam, the spiritual principle in the human being.
Also: Ruh, spirit