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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 155
And if it has been possible to conceive of the existence of the
Seven Heavens, Paradise and Hell, written all on a small
piece of paper and preserved in a minute part of the heart,
and seen with a part of the pupil not exceeding the size of
a lentil seed, without the Heavens and Earth, Paradise and Hell
actually existing in the pupil, or the heart, or the paper,
it would also be possible to conceive of the Speech of Allah
being read with tongues, preserved in the hearts, and written
in books, without the actual existence of that speech
in these things.
If the fire of Hell, through the writing of its name on the leaves,
would exist actually thereon and (the leaves) would be
Seven Heavens, Paradise and Hell, written all on a small
piece of paper and preserved in a minute part of the heart,
and seen with a part of the pupil not exceeding the size of
a lentil seed, without the Heavens and Earth, Paradise and Hell
actually existing in the pupil, or the heart, or the paper,
it would also be possible to conceive of the Speech of Allah
being read with tongues, preserved in the hearts, and written
in books, without the actual existence of that speech
in these things.
If the fire of Hell, through the writing of its name on the leaves,
would exist actually thereon and (the leaves) would be