21 Preface ثُمَّ أَماتَهُ فَأَقبَرَهُYusuf AliThen He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his Grave;1Cf. 20:55. Death is an inevitable event after the brief life on this earth, but it is also in a sense a blessing,—a release from the imperfections of this world, a close of the probationary period, after which will dawn the full Reality. “The Grave” may be understood to be the period between physical death and immortal Life, whatever may be the mode of disposal of the dead body. This intermediate period is the Barzakh or Partition: see third n. to 23:101.