Know then that the paradise that appeareth in the day of God
surpasseth every other paradise and excelleth the realities of Heaven. For when
God—blessed and glorified is He—sealed the station of prophethood in the person
of Him Who was His Friend, His Chosen One, and His Treasure amongst His
creatures, as hath been revealed from the Kingdom of glory: “but He is the
Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets”, [Qur’án 33:40] He promised all
men that they shall attain unto His own presence in the Day of Resurrection. In
this He meant to emphasize the greatness of the Revelation to come, as it hath
indeed been manifested through the power of truth. And there is of a certainty
no paradise greater than this, nor station higher, should ye reflect upon the
verses of the Qur’án. Blessed be he who knoweth of a certainty that he shall
attain unto the presence of God on that day when His Beauty shall be made
manifest.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
