This study examines the textual approach's conception of the human soul, with a focus on its position regarding the soul's immateriality, its types, faculties, and relationship with the body. The textual methodology is based on the primacy of text and sensory perception, while restricting the role of the mind to serve as a tool for understanding texts rather than an independent source of knowledge, which distinguishes its conception from traditional philosophy and theology.According to this approach, Quranic, narrational, and rational evidence indicates that the soul is not immaterial but rather a subtle body functionally connected to the body. It possesses sensory faculties encompassing both outward and inward senses, alongside rational, spirited, and appetitive faculties. Textual scholars further classify the soul into three categories: the commanding soul (al-nafs al-ammara), the reproaching soul (al-nafs al-lawwama), and the tranquil soul (al-nafs al-mutma'inna), corresponding to the degree of a person's piety and moral conduct. The researcher employs a descriptive and analytical methodology to present the various views of the textual approach concerning the soul, and a critical methodology to evaluate them. The study indicates that the textual approach maintains the clarity of religious law and unity of understanding; however, it faces epistemological, philosophical, and scientific challenges, most notably its confinement of knowledge to perceptible matters and its rejection of the mind's independence, which imposes restrictions on interpretation. Additionally, describing the soul as a "subtle body" approaches the prohibition of anthropomorphism if not understood within the framework of the soul-body relationship. Therefore, the study recommends adopting a methodological balance between text and reason to understand the human soul more comprehensively and equitably.