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what I know, you would laugh a little and weep much." If this had not been a secret which he
was
forbidden to divulge because of the inability of the minds to comprehend it, why then did he not
explain
it to them, especially as they would have certainly believed him if he had done so? In
connection with
the interpretation of the Words of Allah, "It is Allah who has created the seven heavens and of
earth
their like; and between them the Command descends. " (Quran 65:12). Ibn Abbas said, "Were I to
relate its interpretation you would stone me." In another transmission, "you would have said, `He
is an
unbeliever'." Abu- Hurayrah said, "I have received from the Prophet of Allah two things, one of
which I
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have made public. Were I to divulge the other, this throat would be cut." The Prophet - the praise
was
forbidden to divulge because of the inability of the minds to comprehend it, why then did he not
explain
it to them, especially as they would have certainly believed him if he had done so? In
connection with
the interpretation of the Words of Allah, "It is Allah who has created the seven heavens and of
earth
their like; and between them the Command descends. " (Quran 65:12). Ibn Abbas said, "Were I to
relate its interpretation you would stone me." In another transmission, "you would have said, `He
is an
unbeliever'." Abu- Hurayrah said, "I have received from the Prophet of Allah two things, one of
which I
Page 16 of 56
have made public. Were I to divulge the other, this throat would be cut." The Prophet - the praise