7~. Behold the sky, God has done away with the need of a
column to support it and keep it fixed
- Behold the sun when it rises and when it sets - God
is generous in [His providence] - Behold the moon and the stars which are shining in
the spaces in which God placed them
7S. Behold the clouds which are amassed and which give
valuable rain
7~. Behold the earth which is spread and upon which one
walks, and then one passes through it, in a boat-like grave
77. Because we are delirious, we do not turn away from
the [evil] paths trodden by our ancestors
- 0 you who toil, the world is transient and its gains
are deficient
- 0 you who are proud of your lineage and its might,
you are like a child who is unaware [of danger] and
is lost
140.- It is certain that whoever is born in this world, will
die [in it], and whoever acquired wealth in it will
leave it - Whether he is born prematurely or within the normal
time, no one shall exceed the limit of his time set
up by our Lord
8.2. Even the rocks have melted and some have sundered
when they heard the homilies of our Lord
8.3. 0 son of ADAM you aTe crazed! Does recitation of the
[Holy] Quran annoy you?
84. Ears to hear, eyes to see and fingers to write with,
have all been granted to you by our Lord
8S. You have been cutting the throats of each other for a
world in which the ancient people had once settled and
which they had left
8~. grave The man and who who is sins expecting gravely [to becomes be] on Satan1s the way progeny to his
8.7. 0 you who do not listen to ihe call of religion but
despise it and do not act on it88. Burning charcoal will be ladled out into ~our ears
on the Day of Resurrection
~9. Do not listen~o the words which say]: 'Water was
still drawn yesterday from the rain dr6ps which fell
las t year.'