ABSTRACT
The Resurrection is characterized by the removal of corporeal matter, a dense veil that is opaque and ontologically lower than every other spiritual form. The proofs of the Resurrection, paradise and hell are numerous in the Qur’an and hadith. The macrocosmic Resurrection is the annihilation of the world, the rolling up of the heavens and the appearance of the hereafter. The Intermediate Resurrection is the spiritual transference known as voluntary death through which a person is reborn. Just as the multiplicity of the phenomenal world is effaced in the wake of Essential unity, the microcosmic Resurrection is the final stage of spiritual evolution in the Arc of Descent. Sovereignty belongs to God in the spiritual Resurrection and the governance of the One pervades the microcosm while all otherness becomes annihilated by the Subduer. True annihilation in God is like drops of water unifying with the ocean or candlelight disappearing in sunlight.
