Life Supreme — Page 29
32. LIFE SUPREME. The soul is the crown jewel of man which he should preserve and keep polished with the lustre of righteousness while it is within his power to do so before death overtakes him. The capacity of doing right or wrong ceases after death though spiritual progress does continue but solely through the Grace of God: "Those who have the light of faith in this world shall have their light on the Day of Judgement running before them and on their right hands and they shall be continually saying: 'O Lord perfect unto us our light and take us under Thy protection; for Thou hast power over all things. " (66:9). All souls in paradise will not necessarily enjoy the same status, for. God tells us in the Holy Quran that man is rewarded according to what he did: "And for all there are grades of rank according to what they did. (46:20) ,. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) is reported to have said: "There are a hundred grades in paradise prepared by Allah for those who fight in the path of Allah and, in between each, is as great a distance as is between earth and heaven. ' (Bukhari). Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Holy. Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, also said: ""Those who accept God here, who lose themselves in divine love and who take their stand on the right path, have in store special honours which would not be attained by other people. (The Will) 22. No sincere and earnest Muslim ever rests content in the thought that he is good enough to secure a place in paradise. He not only perseveres in righteous conduct but at the same time desires to become worthy of earning a lofty place in paradise. He struggles, therefore, till his last breath in brightening his soul through increased devotion to God. This is the spirit of Islam. . There is no return of the soul to the body after death. No dead person has been or ever will be resuscitated. This is the law of God: "Allah takes away the souls of human beings at the time of their death; and during their sleep the souls of those who are not yet dead.