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− true revelation is bestowed honor from the unseen and is given prestige. (Zaruratul Imam, pp 13-19) ± − − THE SOUL The Promised Messiah and Mahdi writes about the Soul: as − "It is absolutely true that the soul is a fine light which is developed inside the body and is nurtured in the womb. To begin with, it is hidden and imperceptible and later it is made manifest. From the very beginning its essence is present in the sperm. It is related to the sperm in a mysterious manner by the design and command and Will of God. It is a bright and illumined quality of the sperm. It cannot be said that it is a part of the sperm as matter is a part of matter, nor can it be said that it comes from outside or falls upon the earth and gets mixed with the matter of the sperm. It is latent in the sperm as fire is latent in the flint. The Word of God does not mean that the soul descends from Heaven as a separate entity or falls upon the earth from the atmosphere and then by chance gets mixed with the sperm and enters the womb with it. There is no basis for such a notion. The law of nature rejects it. We observe daily that thousands of insects infect impure and stale foods and are generated in unwashed wounds. Dirty linen secretes hundreds of lice and all sorts of worms are generated inside a person's stomach. It cannot be said that all these come from outside or can be observed as descending from Heaven. The truth is that the soul is developed in the body, and this also proves that it is created and is not self-existent. The design of the Almighty, Who has created the soul from the body, with His perfect power appears to be that the second birth of the soul should also take place through the body. The movements of the soul follow the movements of the body. If the body is drawn in a particular direction the soul automatically follows it. It is, therefore, a function of the Book of God to direct itself to the natural state of man: that is why the Holy Qur’an − pays so much attention to the reform of the natural state of man and gives 463