“The pain and sting of death consists in the dissolution of what was composed and its passage from one condition to another. When one is accustomed to composition, then decomposition is a painful torment; when one is used to a certain degree and station, it is difficult to take leave of it. It is therefore clear that death is merely the passage from one condition to another.“

– ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Twelve Table Talks given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká