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ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

thing important to keep in mind: Allah, in the Qur'an, draws our at-
tention to the fact that "only those who sincerely turn to Allah" take
heed. In other words, only those who truly seek the guidance of our
Lord and endeavor to appreciate His infinite might and His greatness

will heed these explanations and have a grasp of these facts.

People in Eternity

Allah, the al-Khalig (the Creator), is the One Who creates every-
thing from nothing and Who creates all things with the knowledge
of what will happen to them. As a manifestation of this attribute of
Allah, by the time He creates man in his mother's womb, eternity has
begun for him. Surely, man does not recall the stages of his own de-
velopment in the womb. However, every moment of this progress is
present in the Sight of Allah and they quite definitely never disap-
pear. Similarly, it is unlikely that those initial phases and develop-
mental stages of a human being remain in his memory. Unless in-
formed by Allah, man never manages to see these moments. Some
moments, however, remain only as memories. The moments we ex-
perience are purely sensations presented to our soul. Yet, in the infi-
nite memory of Allah, everything remains as it is. Allah created
everything people encounter in life, all details pertaining to one's ex-
periences, and they never disappear. As stated in the following
verse, everything down to its last detail remains in the Sight of Allah.

".... That is so you will know that Allah knows what is in the heav-
ens and in the earth and that Allah has knowledge of all things."
(Surat al-Ma'ida: 97)

For example; all the details pertaining to the Prophet Adam's
(pbuh) Creation in Paradise before he was sent to earth, and the way
he was tested in Paradise are all present in the Main Book. Adam's
initial Creation from clay, the angels' prostration to him, as well as
the moment he was sent to earth and all the events he experienced
are all vivid and existing right now. None of them has disappeared,

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