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said to
the peg, `why do you split me?' The peg replied `Ask the one who is hitting me and does not let me
go.
Go and see the mallet which is behind me.'" This is, undoubtedly, figurative.
Of the same kind are the following Words of Allah, "Then He willed to the heaven, when it was smoke,
and to it and to the earth He said: `Come willingly, or unwillingly.' `We come willingly,' they
answered."
(Quran 41:11). Those with lesser intellect, because of their lack of understanding, would assume
that
both the Heaven and the earth possess life intellect, and the ability to understand speech. He
would also
assume that they were addressed by a speech of actually enunciated words which both could hear and
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reply to with enunciated words saying, "We come willingly." But whosoever has insight would realize
that
the peg, `why do you split me?' The peg replied `Ask the one who is hitting me and does not let me
go.
Go and see the mallet which is behind me.'" This is, undoubtedly, figurative.
Of the same kind are the following Words of Allah, "Then He willed to the heaven, when it was smoke,
and to it and to the earth He said: `Come willingly, or unwillingly.' `We come willingly,' they
answered."
(Quran 41:11). Those with lesser intellect, because of their lack of understanding, would assume
that
both the Heaven and the earth possess life intellect, and the ability to understand speech. He
would also
assume that they were addressed by a speech of actually enunciated words which both could hear and
Page 20 of 56
reply to with enunciated words saying, "We come willingly." But whosoever has insight would realize
that