Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 306
Covenants, their Different Categories, Punishments and Rewards 299 unambiguous expression. It could simply state: then I made him alive. The true meaning of breathing of spirit can be easily understood by referring to another verse of the Holy Quran throwing light on the process of creation of spirit. The Holy Quran declares: … They enquire from you about the nature of soul. Say 'the soul is by the Command of my Lord'; … (S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l; Ch. 17: V. 86) The soul is evidently the Word of God and the same idiom is used in the Old Testament, referring to the Word of God to be eternal with Him. The New Testament also refers to Jesus as being the Word of God, which only means the soul granted to him by God’s word. The Covenant of Prophets as As for the Prophets as themselves, before they take covenants from others they have to make a covenant with God. This covenant holds no exception; it binds each Prophet as with God as well as with each other. This covenant of Prophets as is far above the covenants which other humans make with each other. With the blessing of their covenant with God, they are entitled to be called Khal i fatull a h or vicegerent of God. After this covenant, it becomes impossible for them to