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’; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, The Power of Divine Assistance)
[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.]
