Until he said in the third admonition: 'Know, my brothers—may Allah have mercy upon you—that the heavens and the earth within the material universe, and the celestial realm of the world of bodies, find their animating spirits within the Intellects [al-'Uqul] and the Souls [al-Nufus].'

And he also said: 'As long as the souls reside within these physical bodies, they remain veiled, knowing nothing of the hidden realms [al-mugayyabat]. But whenever they strip themselves of material compositions and part from physical bodies, they openly witness whatever exists in the universe due to their liberation from density. For their substance is a subtle, celestial substance, and their realm is a noble, spiritual realm. The soul is alive by virtue of its own essence, independent of food, drink, clothing, shelter, and the like...' Until his saying: '...And the superiority of everlasting bliss over physical pleasures becomes completely manifest to it; it breathes in the comforting breeze of its home realm and its sweet fragrance, longs for deliverance from the captivity of natural humors, becomes refined by the spirit of divine sciences, and occupies itself with fulfilling its binding duty.