The sixth question:
“After relinquishing the body, that is to say, after the soul hath been
separated from the body, it hasteneth to the abode hereafter….”
In reference to
this theme there appeared some time past from the Pen of divine knowledge that
which sufficeth the men of insight and imparteth the greatest joy to the people
of understanding. Verily, We say: The soul is gladdened by goodly deeds and
profiteth from the contributions made in the path of God.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to Mánikchí Sáhib and Other
Writings’)