After Life

Question 1

Heaven and hell

Presence which is the real Paradise and of which the loftiest mansions of heaven are but a symbol…. Whoso hath failed to recognizeHim will have condemned himself to the misery of remoteness, a remoteness which is naught but utter nothingness
29 Gleanings

Answer 1

29 Gleanings
The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence. To this most excellent aim, this supreme objective, all the heavenly Books and the divinely-revealed and weighty Scriptures unequivocally bear witness. Whoso hath recognized the Day Spring of Divine guidance and entered His holy court hath drawn nigh unto God and attained His Presence, a Presence which is the real Paradise, and of which the loftiest mansions of heaven are but a symbol. Such a man hath attained the knowledge of the station of Him Who is “at the distance of two bows,” Who standeth beyond the Sadratu’l-Muntahá. Whoso hath failed to recognizeHim will have condemned himself to the misery of remoteness, a remoteness which is naught but utter nothingness and the essence of the nethermost fire.