And the words of the Almighty: {And that cry of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest, extinct} 1 . He says: They did not cease denying the Truth and the Oneness of Allah—Mighty and Majestic—until they deserved the metamorphosed states (Masukhiyyat); so they traverse therein a painful torment, for they did not act with kindness toward the believer [while they were] in the human state (Bashariyyah).
[41] And it has been narrated from the Scholar—may His Might be exalted—that he said regarding the words of the Almighty: {Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs} 2 : "He is cycled (Yukarrar) seven times within seven bodies. The believer is transmigrated (Yunsakhu Naskhan), while the disbeliever is metamorphosed (Yumsakhu Maskhan) into various types of metamorphosis." Then he recited the words of the Mighty and Majestic: {And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most abject age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, anything. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent} 3 .
And the words of the Almighty: {By the fig and the olive, And [by] Mount Sinai, And [by] this secure city, We have certainly created man in the best of stature; Then We returned him to the lowest of the low, Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.