If in this day a soul shall act according to the precepts
and the counsels of God, he will serve as a divine physician to mankind, and
like the trump of Israfil, [1] he will call the dead of this contingent world
to life; for the confirmations of the Abha Realm are never interrupted, and
such a virtuous soul hath, to befriend him, the unfailing help of the Company
on high. Thus shall a sorry gnat become an eagle in the fullness of his
strength, and a feeble sparrow change to a royal falcon in the heights of ancient
glory.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá’)
[1] Believed to be the angel appointed to sound the trumpet
on the Day of Resurrection to raise the dead at the bidding of the Lord.
