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They see and point out the mighty truth expressed by,

He gives life to the earth after its death,182

and the magnanimous truth expressed by,

And your Sustainer inspired the bee,183

and the sovereign and commanding vast truth expressed by,

The sun and the moon and the stars subjugated to His command184

They see and show the compassionate, regulating truth expressed by,

Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except the Most Merciful; indeed He sees all things,185

and the vast truth expressed by,

His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in preserving them,186

and the guarding truth expressed by,

And He is with you wherever you may be,187

and the all-encompassing truth expressed by,

He is the First and the Last and the Outward and the Inward, and He is Knowing of All Things,188

and the proximity expressed by,

It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him; for We are nearer to him than his jugular vein,189

and the elevated truth indicated by,

The angels ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years,190

and the all-embracing truth expressed by,

God commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion,191


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182. Qur'an, 30:50.
183. Qur'an, 16:68.
184. Qur'an, 7:54.
185. Qur'an, 67:19.
186. Qur'an, 2:255.
187. Qur'an, 57:4.
188. Qur'an, 57:3.
189. Qur'an, 50:16.
190. Qur'an, 70:4.
191. Qur'an, 16:90.

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