created Adam before Iblis, created the shadows before the apparitions, created the apparitions before the spirits, created the spirits before the bodies, created the bodies before death, created death before annihilation, created annihilation before the combinations, created the combinations before the Return, created the Return before the Resurrection, created the Resurrection before the Resurrection of the dead, created the Resurrection of the dead before retaliation, created retaliation before regret, and created regret before remorse, and created remorse before the earth is changed to another earth, and the heavens [as well], and they come forth before Allah, the One, the Prevailing."

[232] The Imam al-Sadiq, His glory is might, said: "When a body from among the Pharaonic bodies disappears, its deeds transfer to its companion whom it emulated and against whose Creator it transgressed."

[233] And he, His glory is might, said: "The one who spends on a nasibi is like the one who marries his mother.