ruth that the soul, after its separation from
the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of
God, in a state and condition which neither the revolution of ages and
centuries, nor the changes and chances of this world, can alter. It will
endure as long as the Kingdom of God, His sovereignty, His dominion and
power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes,
and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty. The movement of My Pen is
stilled when it attempteth to befittingly describe the loftiness and glory
of so exalted a station. The honor with which the Hand of Mercy will
invest the soul is such as no tongue can adequately reveal, nor any other
earthly agency describe. Blessed is the soul which, at the hour of its
separation from the body, is sanctified from the vain imaginings of the
peoples of the world. Such a soul liveth and moveth in accordance with the
Will of its Creator, and entereth the all-highest Paradise. The Maids of
Heaven, inmates of the loftiest mansions, will circle around it, and the
Prophets of God and His chosen ones will seek its companionship. With them
that soul will freely converse, and will recount unto them that which it
hath been made to endure in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds. If
any man be told that which hath been ordained for such a soul in the
worlds of God, the Lord of the throne on high and of earth below, his
whole being will instantly blaze out in his great longing to attain that
most exalted, that sanctified and resplendent station.... The nature of
the soul after death can never be described, nor is it meet and
permissible to reveal its whole character to the eyes of men. The Prophets
and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of guiding
mankind to the straight Path of Truth. The purpose underlying Their
revelation hath been to educate all men, that they may, at the hour of
death, ascend, in the utmost purity and sanctity and with absolute
detachment, to the throne of the Most High. The light which these souls
radiate is responsible for the progress of the world and the advancement
of its peoples. They are like unto leaven which leaveneth the world of
being, and constitute the animating force through which the arts and
wonders of the world are made manifest. Through them the clouds rain their
bounty upon men, and the earth bringeth forth its fruits. All things must
needs have a cause, a motive power, an animatin