It faced — or seemed to face — the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. (goodreads.com)
For Islam, the present world is but a transitory existence to be followed by the Eternal World which is better by far, «And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former» (Surah XCIII, 4). (religion-online.org)
In the eternal world its hard to teach the soul this truth of living. (redeeminggod.com)