Mankind’s hope of everlasting life on earth was undermined by an idea that prevailed in ancient Babylon and spread worldwide ​ — the idea that man has an immortal soul or spirit that merely inhabits a physical body.
وَوَفْقًا لِهذِهِ ٱلنَّظْرَةِ ،‏ فَإِنَّ حَيَاةَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا مَرْحَلَةٌ ٱنْتِقَالِيَّةٌ تُقَرِّرُ إِذَا كَانَ جَدِيرًا بِٱلْحَيَاةِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَمْ لَا .‏