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218 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the people, then virtue would no longer remain virtue, nor would it retain any value. Believing in things that are visible and perceptible do not bring any spir - itual reward. A person who believes in a mosque, or a tree, or the sun, and who proclaims their existence, does not become worthy of any reward. However, an individual who perceives that which is hidden and believes, no doubt performs a commendable deed, and becomes worthy of praise and appreciation. When eve - rything becomes apparent, what then remains? For example, if someone is able to see the new moon on the 29th night, it could invariably be said that they have very good vision. However, after fourteen days when the full moon is visible and shining bright, if someone were to say that they have seen the moon and invited others to come and see, the people would laugh and say that the person was mak - ing a ridiculous comment. In short, capability is determined by insight. Certain things God has hidden, while other things He has made apparent. If He made everything manifest, the spiritual reward for faith would cease to exist, and if He had hidden everything completely, all of the religions would have remained enveloped in darkness and nothing would be able to give a person satisfaction; no adherent of any Faith would be able to say to another that they had erred; nor could any principle be established for God to call a person to account, as this would be a burden beyond a person’s ability to bear. God Almighty states: 1 َا ِه َ ُع ْ َس ُ َو َا ْل ِ ا ًا ْس ْ ِف َ ْن ُهللُ ُِفُ ا ُل ُيَُكَـ َا ْل Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. So this is the grace of God that He has set a small test, which is not overly difficult either. Although the next world is most subtle indeed and no one who enters it ever returns, but even still, God Almighty has established a phenomenon of light and blessings by which a person is able to learn about the hereafter in this very world, and things that are hidden can be proven true. A Secret of the Divine In this age, physicians have undertaken extensive investigations to bring back the dead. 2 In America, they put a man to death and wanted to see whether his con - sciousness remained or not. The man on whom this experiment was conducted 1 al-Baqarah , 2:287 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 9, dated 10 March 1902, pp. 3-5 p. 485