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This same process takes place in the world of man’s spirit. The spiritual springtime caused by the coming of a Messenger of God brings about similar commotion and change. Thus, the Day of resurrection is also the Day of Judgment. The Day in which corruption and imitation of truth are discarded. Outworn ideas and customs that no longer fit the age are done away with. The ice of prejudice and the snow of superstition, which accumulated during the Winter of religious decline are melted and transformed. Spiritual energies which have been frozen up are released to flood and renovate the world. Things that were dead come to life again in this spiritual springtime. The fruits, vegetables, and grains come to life in this new physical springtime so that man can be fed and nourished. In like manner, the spiritual springtime of the coming of the Prophet brings the spiritual foods without which mankind would wither away and die spiritually. If it were not for this spiritual resurrection, man would remain dead, buried in the grave of his animal nature.
(112:4)
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