and wild beasts?”

He said, “Let me give you a comparable example from Allah’s wonders. You look upon land that is nothing but a lifeless mass of dry earth and say, ‘It will never come to life.’ Then your Lord sends rain upon it, and only a few days pass before you look upon it again and find it entirely awash with water. By the life of your God, He is more able to gather you together than water is to bring together the vegetation of the earth. You will emerge from your graves and the places where you fell, and you will look upon Him, and He will look upon you.”

I said, “O Messenger of Allah, how can that be, when He is a single Person and we fill the earth, yet we look upon Him and He looks upon us?”

He said, “Let me give you a comparable example from Allah’s wonders. The sun and moon are a small sign from Him: you all see them at the same time, and they see you, without your having any difficulty seeing them. By the life of