Page 94 - Eternity Has Already Begun

ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

it was in its egg to its death, are all kept in
the memory of Allah. Consequently, all
these happen in a single moment, at the
very moment you are reading this passage.
All these examples indicate, once again,
an important fact: None of the moments,
none of the events, none of the living be-
ings which existed in the past ceased to ex-
ist and they will never disappear. A film we
watch on television is recorded on a film-
strip and the moving pictures composing
the film are not lost, whether we watch
them or not. The same thing also holds true
for each and everything which has to do
with life relating to the past or future.
It is essential that this point should be
well grasped. None of these occurrences
are similar to a memory, reminiscence or an
image. They are all vivid, everything being
preserved as it is, and are just like the mo-

ment we experience right now. We per-
ceive them as incidents of the past simply
because Allah does not present these per-
ceptions to us. However, whenever He
wills, Allah may display these images to us,
making us believe that we truly experience
them.

Moment by moment, every picture above shows an
image of the vehicle crossing the bridge. A person
traveling by this vehicle supposes that a particular
period of time is spent in crossing the bridge. How-
ever, we can see all of these pictures at a single
moment.

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