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indeed, the excellence of the Messenger of Allah has no bounds,
that a speaker might be able to express by his tongue.
If his miracles were proportionate to his rank, in greatness,
then his name would have, when called out, brought crumbling bones back to life.
He did not try to test us with what would render our minds incapable about him,
out of his care for us,
neither were we suspicious, nor wondered.
Understanding his meaning rendered the creation incapable.
so it was not understood by those near and far,
just as the sun is seen by the eyes from afar,
indeed, the excellence of the Messenger of Allah has no bounds,
that a speaker might be able to express by his tongue.
If his miracles were proportionate to his rank, in greatness,
then his name would have, when called out, brought crumbling bones back to life.
He did not try to test us with what would render our minds incapable about him,
out of his care for us,
neither were we suspicious, nor wondered.
Understanding his meaning rendered the creation incapable.
so it was not understood by those near and far,
just as the sun is seen by the eyes from afar,