And if a human being—who is created from a drop of fluid that settled in the womb, over whose head women cried out in labor, who was swaddled, whose umbilical cord was severed, and who underwent the stages of infancy such that he cannot even remember [from] 1 his yesterday—how can he dare to claim for himself that which was performed by the Creator, the Meaning? How can he assert that the Creator spoke through his tongue, or that the one pointed to is just like Him? There is no difference between the human Imam and the one who pointed to him; both are commanded subjects under servitude to the Most High, the Creator of humanity.
[50]As for the statement of the Messenger, majestic is his glory: "Indeed, when a believer dies, God opens a gate for him in his grave through which he sees his place in Paradise."
The "grave" (al-qabr) is the physical body, into which the light or breeze of Paradise enters, allowing him to see his position within it. This refers to what ascends to him from the aforementioned spirits,