Old age marks a passage and a change of garment. A worn-out body is a sign that the spirit must now change its form—a sign that the journey’s end has come and the appointed term must be reached!
When a believing, God-fearing person suffers cognitive decline, their real death occurs at the moment that decline begins. The other difficulties may be understood as means of purification and refinement for that same believer. In sum, this decline has a purpose and a wisdom that justify its occurrence!
**Station:** Knowledge
**Divine act:** مقر ازل
**Veils drawn:** —
**Key wisdom:** أصل الأصول (There is no veil; everything is hidden behind veils.)
**Station:** Will
**Divine act:** تشئی الشیء
**Veils drawn:** The first veil of Knowledge
**Key wisdom:** إخراج الشیء من عدم المعنى إلى حدیقة الشئیة
**Station:** Decree
**Divine act:** تنجیز القول
**Veils drawn:** The second veil of Knowledge + the first veil of Will
**Key wisdom:** تحوِیل القول إلى فعل (کن فیکون)
**Station:** Determination
**Divine act:** تقدیر المکان و الزمان
**Veils drawn:** The third veil of Knowledge + the second veil of Will + the first veil of Decree
**Key wisdom:** تأسیس نسب الخلق (الهندسة الکونیة)
**Station:** Judgment
**Divine act:** تحکیم المقضی
**Veils drawn:** The fourth veil of Knowledge + the third veil of Will + the second veil of Decree + the first veil of Determination
**Key wisdom:** تثبیت الحق (إقامة العدل)
**Station:** Execution
**Divine act:** رفع الختم
**Veils drawn:** The fifth veil of Knowledge + the fourth veil of Will + the third veil of Decree + the second veil of Determination + the first veil of Judgment
**Key wisdom:** إعلان النهایة (الفراغ من المخلوقات)
**Station:** Badaʾ
**Divine act:** نقض القضاء
**Veils drawn:** —
**Key wisdom:** تجلی "أنا المَلِک" (إحکام الحاکمین)