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Today is the vernal equinox.[1]
Certain changes will take place, and wonderful things will happen. On this fine
spring day, let’s go for a walk on the green plain adorned with beautiful
flowers. Other people also are heading for it. Some magic must be at work, for
ruins suddenly have become buildings again, and this once‑empty plain resembles
a populous city. It shows a different scene every hour, just like a movie
screen, and assumes a different shape. Note the perfect order among these
complex, swiftly changing and numerous scenes, and that each item is put in its
proper place. The imaginary scenes cannot be as well‑ordered as this, and
millions of skilled magicians could not possess such artistry. Given this, the
invisible king must have performed even greater miracles.
O obstinate one! You ask how this vast kingdom can be destroyed and
re‑established somewhere else. Are you blind to the numerous changes and
revolutions that occur hourly, just like the transfer from one realm to another
that you deny? This gathering in and scattering forth indicate that a certain
purpose is concealed within these visible and swift joinings and separations,
these compoundings and dissolvings. It is as if 10 years of effort is devoted to
a joining together destined to last no longer than an hour. How can such
circumstances be ends in themselves? They are no more than parables indicating
or imitating something beyond themselves.
That exalted being brings them about in miraculous fashion, and then they are
copied, preserved, and recorded, just as what happens on a battlefield is
recorded. This implies that an infinitely vast gathering place will be built,
and that what happens therein will be based on what happens here. Furthermore,
the results of what occurs here will be shown permanently at some supreme
exposition. All transient and fluctuating phenomena seen here will yield the
fruit of eternal and immutable form. Thus all variations observed in this world
are for the sake of a supreme happiness, a lofty tribunal, and for exalted aims
as yet unknown to us.
[1] These aspects are
explained in the Ninth Truth. The equinox represents the beginning of
spring, while the green fields full of flowers represent Earth in
spring. The changing scenes stand for the creatures, beings, and things
in springtime and the provisions given to humanity and animals. These
are brought forth in orderly succession, from the beginning of spring to
the end of summer, by a Majestic, Powerful Maker, an All-Wise, Gracious
Creator, Who renews them with utmost compassion and dispatches them
continuously, one after the other.
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The Resurrection and the Hereafter 
