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"..the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God.. It will endure as long as.. His sovereignty and power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes, and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty.. The honor with which the Hand of Mercy will invest the soul is such as no tongue can adequately reveal.. 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.. If any man be told that which hath been ordained for such a soul.. his whole being will instantly blaze out in his great longing to attain that.. 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.. 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.. 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.. These souls.. will continue to provide, the supreme moving impulse in the world of being. The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of a child while still in the womb of its mother." (Baha'u'llah)
(188:3)
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