Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 510
THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH repeatedly could not at all imagine it to have happened just by looking at the first few stages of fused embryonic cells. . Life after death is likened to this amazing process transformation from almost nothing to a highly developed and organized form of life. a. The difference between the origin of man as a mere bio-unit to what he what he has become, is a fantastic transformation. It is impossible for the rudimentary life forms to envision the future of evolution culminating in man, even if granted the sense to do so. Their awareness of what they are is so insignificant, that it is extremely difficult for humans to refer to it as awareness. This is a profound statement, so short yet so far-reaching, covering the entire span of evolution from end to end. The message given here is that between you as you exist now, and you at the time of resurrection, the difference will be as vast as the difference between the origin of life on earth and you in your present form. The transformation will be colossal. It is impossible for you to comprehend the nature of what you may be raised into after death. Yet, you can in no way escape the inevitable conclusion that your first creation is far more unbelievable than the second one that you reject. . Perhaps it will take a billion years or so for the resurrected soul to reach its final perfected form of spiritual evolution. . We draw this inference because the resurrection is likened unto the first phase of human creation from nothingness. . We know now that it took at least one billion years, if not more, for man to evolve from his first ancestral elementary form of life. Hence, if this phase of his creation is similar to the second phase of his resurrection, it is not unlikely that the similarity may also cover the span of time between the first and the second creation. . To prove the point further the Holy Quran enters a unique style of deductive logic. We do not plan to fully 485