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: يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُ وُجُوةً وَتَسْوَدُ وُجُودَ 190 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 انْهُرٌ مِّن مَّاءٍ غَيْرِ سِنٍ وَأَنْهُرُ من البَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرُ طَعْمُهُ وَ انْهُرُ مِن خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّرِينَ وَانْهُرُ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى 191 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 Muhammad, 47:16 [Publisher]