Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 318
318 As in this world there are spiritual conditions in addition to physical conditions, so for the newly created and more exalted soul of the next world, there will be spiritual conditions which will be superior to the spiri- tual conditions of this world; and as in this life, pleasure and pain are both physical and spiritual, so in the next life the rewards and punishments will not only be physical but also spiritual. But the conditions of the next life will be of a higher degree than the conditions of this life, so much so that the physical conditions of the next life will correspond to the spiritual conditions of this life, and the spiritual conditions of the next life will be higher still. Indeed, the Holy Quran speaks of fire, cold, stocks, etc. , as the things man would be punished with in the next life, and of shades, streams of water, milk, and honey as the rewards of the life to come, but at the same time it says: 'No soul knoweth what joys are reserved for the righteous in recompense of their deeds. ' 151 Speaking of the blessings of the next life, the Holy Prophet sa says, 'No eye has seen them, nor has any ear heard of them, nor can the mind of man form any conception of them. ' Now if the blessings of the next life are to be the same kinds of gifts of God which we enjoy in this life, we should be able to form an idea of them, no matter how excellent they may be. But the words of the Holy Prophet sa show that the blessings of 151 Al-Sajdah, 32:18.