Many people must have realized what this decline meant ​ — the prospect of everlasting life had been lost! Did they have reason for hope in its restoration?
تَقُولُ كَلِمَةُ ٱللهِ :‏ « اَلْخَلِيقَةُ [ٱلْبَشَرِيَّةُ] أُخْضِعَتْ لِلْبُطْلِ .‏ .‏ .‏