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− perfection, fit and ready to be raised into a completely transformed entity. The Holy Qur’an illustrates this concept beautifully: − ÑfYAË o°Ä· ÜA ¸R¨I Ü Ë ¸´¼a B¿ ‘ ‘ î È ä ê ì î æ ä ä ì ê æ å å æ ä ä ä æ å å æ ä ä ma khalqukum wa la ba‘thukum illa ka nafsiñwwahidah − − − − ± Your creation and your resurrection are only like the creation and resurrection of a single being. (31:29). . . The Question now arises is: Will the soul also progress as does the child in the mother's womb, and will it pass through all these stages? The answer to this question can be found in the above verse of the Holy Qur’an : ' ' - Your ma khalqukum wa la ba‘thukum illa ka nafsiñwwahidah − − − − − ± first creation and your second creation will be identical. To understand the second creation, we need to understand the way a baby takes shape in a mother's womb. These forms apparently only take nine months to develop, while in reality the creation of life is spread over billions of years. . . . . . . The creation of life underwent a long period of development to reach the form that we witness in nine months. This sheds light on the fact that the period of our first creation was very long, and our second creation will also span a long period. By studying these nine months we can learn something of the billions of years of the history of life, and about the evolution of souls in the next world. It is perhaps safe to infer that the time from the early origin of life to the ultimate creation of man, would perhaps be needed once again for the development of the soul after the death. . . . . . . What Allah is telling us is that we won't find ourselves being − judged the very next day after we die. Instead, judgment will take place in such a distant future that our previous lives will seem like a matter of a few seconds to us, like a small point a long way away. 475