Kitáb-i-Íqán | 120 |
In every age and century, the purpose of the
Prophets of God and their chosen ones hath been
no other but to affirm the spiritual significance of
the terms "life," "resurrection," and "judgment."
If one will ponder but for a while this utterance
of `Alí in his heart, one will surely discover all
mysteries hidden in the terms "grave," "tomb,"
"&sirat," "paradise" and "hell." But oh! how strange
and pitiful! Behold, all the people are imprisoned
within the tomb of self, and lie buried beneath the
nethermost depths of worldly desire! Wert thou to
attain to but a dewdrop of the crystal waters of
divine knowledge, thou wouldst readily realize
that true life is not the life of the flesh but the life
of the spirit. For the life of the flesh is common to
both men and animals, whereas the life of the spirit
is possessed only by the pure in heart who have
quaffed from the ocean of faith and partaken of
the fruit of certitude. This life knoweth no death,
and this existence is crowned by immortality. Even
as it hath been said: "He who is a true believer
liveth both in this world and in the world to come."