[Pooya/Ali Commentary 23:16] If death were the end, life becomes meaningless, so there will be a resurrection-for judgment, reward and punishment. Tara-iq (plural of tariq): tracts, roads, orbits or paths of motion in the visible heavens. Allah owns and controls the whole universe and the working of the universe. He cares for all this creation, and His care for His creation is ceaseless. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: There are physical spheres above us; and there are spiritual spheres above the primary human psychical system up to the ultimate stage of communion with the absolute. These stages are described by the mystics as under: (i) Tab-a-instinct. (ii) Nafs-desire. (iii) Qalb-state of inter-relation and emotion. (iv) Aql-intellect or power to grasp or perceive. (v) Ruh-spirit or intuition. (vi) Sirr-mystic state. (vii) Khafi-hidden. (viii) Akhfa-most hidden. The state of qalb is not stationary. It is interrelated with the other stages. There are other terms also which cannot be understood without personal experience. The orderly system of the universe, including the various stages, is not a purposeless action as explained in the following verses.