Our aim throughout this book, which is a compilation of various articles supplemented by some further examples, has been to ensure a better understanding of the nature of that celebrated, sacred age. To further serve this purpose and to provide a better idea of the breathtaking improvement human character has undergone since, we have tried to render our subject matter more tangible by including some examples of the innumerable scenes of virtue belonging to that age.
The Asr-u Saadah therefore is the Age of Bliss, the most ideal of times. So the Age of Bliss refers to an age of peace and happiness, in which human beings enjoyed the greatest joy thinkable.