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− the All-Poweful Being. The Holy Qur’an has described three important points in − connection with the next life: First, it has repeatedly explained that the life after death is not a new life but only an image and manifestation of this life. Thus it says: ÒÀδ»A ÌÍ É» XjbÃ Ë É´Ä§ Ó¯ Êj× ÉÄ¿l»A ÆBnÃA ½· Ë ’ ( ( ê ä Ð ê æ ä æ ä ä å ê æ å ä × È ê å å æ ê ä ê ê å Ð æ ä æä î ä æê ì å ä AiÌrÄ¿ É ´¼Í BJN· , s í æ å æ ä å Ð æ ì í Ð ê wa kulla insanin alzamnahu ta’irahu fi ‘unuqih wa nukhriju − − ± − − − lahu yaumal qiyamati kitabañyyalqa hu manshura − − − − − And every man's record of deeds have We fastened to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open. (17:14) The word used in this verse should be particularly noted. "Ta‘ir" ± − "Ta‘ir" literally means a bird and is here used metaphorically to signify ± − the actions of men. For every action, whether good or bad, takes flight like a bird. The bliss or the burden a person feels in the performance of an action passes away but it leaves its good or bad impression upon the heart. Every action of a man is, in fact, followed by an action of God, which imprints its good or bad effect not only upon the heart but also upon the hands, the feet, the ears, the eyes, etc; of the doer. This book which records every action, and hidden from the human eye, is being prepared in this life and shall show itself clearly in the next. The second point of importance which the Holy Qur’an has − described with reference to the life to come is that the spiritual facts of this life shall be represented in the next (Whether or resurrection) as 'Barzakh' embodiments. Some of the verses bearing upon this subject are: ÝÎJm ½yAË À§A ÑjaÜA Ó¯ Ìȯ À§A ÊhÇ Ó¯ ÆB· Å¿ Ë , í æê ä í ä ä ä Ð æ ä ê ä ê æ Ð ê ä å ä Ð æ ä × Ø ê Ð æ ê ä ä æ ä ä 468