The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 423
Resurrection 423 will be manifested running ahead of them and on their right hands. . In the Hereafter Spiritual Conditions will become Visible. He says in another verse: 1905 يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُ وُجُودُ وَتَسْوَدُ وُجُوهُ. On that day some faces will be darkened and some will be bright full of light. . At another place it is said: مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ ، فِيهَا انْهرُ مَن مَّاءٍ غَيْرِ أَي وَ انْهُرُ من لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيّر طَعْمُه و الهرمن خَمْرِلَةٌ ةِ لِلشَّرِييْن وَانْهرُ 191 من عملٍ تُصفى 1. The paradise promised to the righteous is like a garden in which flow rivers of water that never stagnate; and rivers of milk of which the taste changes not; and rivers of wine full of delight without any intoxication for those who drink; and rivers of honey which is so pure and unadulterated. . At this place it is clearly stated that paradise may be understood as having endless streams flowing with these things. The water of life which a person possessing insight drinks spiritually in this life will be present overtly in the life to come. The spiritual milk of which he drinks spiritually like a suckling babe in this world, will be seen openly in paradise. The wine of the love of God with which he was spiritually inebriated in the world will 190 Al-e-'Imran, 3:107 [Publisher] 191 Muḥammad, 47:16 [Publisher]