The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 424
424. Essence of Islām II be made manifest in paradise in streams. The honey of the sweetness of faith which one possessed of insight swallowed spiritually in the world will be felt and observed in the shape of streams in paradise. Every dweller of paradise shall display a spiritual condition openly in his rivers and his gardens and on that day God. Himself will emerge from behind the veils for the dwellers of paradise. In short, spiritual conditions will be no longer hidden but will become physically visible. . There will be Continuous Progress in Heaven. The third insight is that in the hereafter there will be unending progress. God Almighty has said: وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ نُورُهُمْ يَسْخى بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِايْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ ربنا اتهم لنا نُورَنَا وَ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرُ 192. On the Day of Judgement, the light of those who are blessed with the light of faith in this world will run ahead of them and on their right. They will pray: Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us, surely Thou hast power over all things. . Their supplication for the perfection of their light indicates that their progress will be unlimited. They will attain one perfection of light and will then behold another, and will consider their previous perfection as deficient and will supplicate for a second perfection, and when they attain that they will behold a third stage of perfection and seeing that they will belittle their previous excellence and will desire that stage of perfection. This desire for progress is indicated by the expression: Perfect our light for us. 192 Al-Taḥrīm, 66:9 [Publisher]