from matter whose creation is initiated. Thus, the human is [defined] by his self, not by his body, since the parts of the body change for him from childhood to old age, through emaciation and fatness, and the change of nutrition, and in all of that his temperament differs, yet with this, the human remains exactly himself. Yes, as long as the human is [defined] by his self, not by his body, then the soul is resurrected in any body and its deeds are brought forth in their entirety, and the veil is removed from it so it may see with sharp sight all its deeds in its previous lives, which form a unity in which there is no separation. Then it is said to its possessor, the statement of the Exalted: {Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this day as accountant} ¹ I say this rebuttal is sufficient for him who has a heart or gives ear while he is present in mind.

As for the fourth objection, it is: if the wisdom of the repetition is to grant new opportunities for the soul to acquire knowledge and to be purified from filth, this raises the following suspicions: how can it [the soul] manage to rectify its sins and undertake the correction of its previous errors if it does not remember anything about that previous existence?