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seen. And He is still as He was - never seeing other than Him - similarly, it could be conceived in
the
sense of hearing what has been conceived in the sense of seeing.
And if it has been possible to conceive of Allah having one knowledge, which is the knowledge of all
existent things, it would also be possible to conceive of Him having one attribute, which is a
speech
comprising all that He has represented with meaning.
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
the
sense of hearing what has been conceived in the sense of seeing.
And if it has been possible to conceive of Allah having one knowledge, which is the knowledge of all
existent things, it would also be possible to conceive of Him having one attribute, which is a
speech
comprising all that He has represented with meaning.
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