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PREFACE
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This world, a crossroad between Paradise and Hell, is the realm
of testing; this test, immersed in secrecy, requires mind, reason,
equity, and justice.
....Therefore, Allah Almighty has maintained
the secrecy of belief (ghayb) in this world and hidden His
omnipotence and magnificence under the so-called utilization of
means that are interrelated and interdependent.
....Those interrelated and interdependent
means make the Earth, Moon, Sun, and stars travel in their orbits
preceded by Divine Will, it is the source and origin of every formation
in the world.
....Those who look at the balance,
order, harmony, and discipline in universe with minds that are free
from prejudices realize that this rule of means, which unwary people
call the laws of nature, is actually like an automatic machine that
is under Allah's command; and that the only relevant law is the
law of harmony, balance, and attraction in all the universes which
Allah Almighty has preordained.
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....The law of harmony, balance,
and attraction set up of Allah Almighty is called the course of
Allah. No power can change the course of Allah. The Earth we have
to live on moves around both its axis and the Sun at a speed which
is in accordance with
the
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