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.
