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7- For when they failed to discern any of His wisdom, they lapsed into a form of pre-Islamic ignorance.
8- Indeed, everything in the cosmos came to be only because the will of the Lord of creation—the Fashioner of all beings—necessitated His action. (1)
(1) The W manuscript has the variant: Rabb al-‘arsh bari’ al-bariyya (“Lord of the Throne, Creator of all creatures”).
٧- فإنهمو لم يفهموا حكمةً له ... فصاروا على نوعٍ من الجاهليةِ
٨- فإن جميعَ الكونِ أوجب فِعْلَه ... مشيئةُ ربِّ الخلق باري الخليقةِ (١)
(١) في و: رب العرش باري البريةِ.