If you say, "Ali came, then Said," there is no doubt that Ali arrived first and Said arrived after him. Professor Abdul Aziz Jadu stated in his book, The Return to Embodiment in the Modern Scientific Concept: "We must not forget that Islam acknowledged this doctrine just as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism acknowledged it. We have touched upon many proofs in our book—Quranic verses and noble Hadiths—from which this reality is inferred; the process of evolution only takes place through the return to embodiment."

A question from Miss Dima Al-Sadr: "Is reincarnation limited to ordinary humans? Or does it include prophets and the enlightened people of knowledge, and do they have opportunities like the rest of humanity?"

The Answer (and with God is all success): Certainty in this matter is in the hands of God alone, but we have some reflections and conclusions regarding it. Texts within the school of the Ahl al-Bayt contain references, such as the saying of Imam al-Sadiq—Exalted is His Might: "The first of us is Muhammad, the middle of us is Muhammad, the last of us is Muhammad, and in truth, we are all Muhammad" ¹