Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 553
18 May 1908 553 It develops with it gradually and becomes evident towards the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth month with a manifest change and development, as is mentioned by Allah the Exalted in His Holy Word: 1 َّمُث ُهٰنْاَشْنَا اًقْلَخ َرَخٰا َّمُث ُهٰنْاَشْنَا اًقْلَخ َرَخٰا It is not true, as claimed by the Aryas, that the soul is also—like God—eternal. This belief raises so many questions, that God no longer remains God at all. The soul is a most subtle essence that is born and goes on developing mysteriously with the con- ception of man. For example, consider the fruit of a fig tree. When it is raw, it has incomplete but living insects in it. As soon as it ripens, these insects can be seen moving about till they eventually fly once they acquire wings. Besides it, there are fruits of many other trees that provide similar observations. In short, I have proof for my claim. A proven reality can- not be denied. These fruits have a certain type of essence within them, which matures and develops with the growth and devel- opment of the fruit. Question: The followers of spiritualism believe that life came from the moon and intellect from mars—that the moon was part of the earth; that, in the beginning, the earth was very soft and a piece of it flew off and became the moon; that, in fact, life originated from the earth itself. From here it went to the moon and then it descends from the moon into man. What do you believe regarding this matter? 1. Then We developed it into another creation ( S u rah al-Mu’min u n, 23:15). [Publisher]