Woe to those who see these numerous wonders of His power and yet they deny Him.

Woe to those who see these numerous wonders of His power and yet they deny Him. this respect, Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) has said: "O creature who has been equitably created and who has been nourished and looked after in the darkness of wombs with multiple curtains. You were originated from the essence of clay and put in a quiet place for a determined length and ordained time. You used to move in the womb of your mother as an embryo, neitherr esponding to a call nor hearing any voice".

"Then you were taken out from the place in which you stayed to a place that you had not seen, and you were not acquainted with awaiting its benefits. Who guided you to obtain your sustenance from the milk of your mother's breast? Who taught you to express your demands with your cries? Verily, when you cannot fully understand your own self how can you understand your Creator?

It is impossible for you to understand Allah from the attributes which are meant only for His creatures.(1) In another part of the verses, the external nature and His blessings, in this great world, are described. These are proofs for both His authority and Mercy, and for the reality of Resurrection, while the former verses were about the creation of Man, himself. Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together? Both for the living and the dead.

The term /kifat/ (2) 'a place where things are gathered together' is derived from /kaft/ which means ' to gather together', or 'to attach one thing to another'. 'Birds flying fast' is also called /kifat/, since when they fly fast they gather their wings to their sides in order to move more quickly through the air.

It intends to say: Earth is a gathering place for all human beings; it gathers the living man and women over itself and gives them their needs totally, and envelops their dead bodies in its insides. If the (1) Nahj-ul-Balaqa, Sermon No.162(Arabic Version) Sermon No.166 (English Version) . (2) /Kifata/ is the second object for its verb,and is infinitive; used as a subjective noun.

ground were not fit for burial, the bad smell and various diseases would arise from the corpses and this would be a disaster for the living ones. Yes, the land, like a mother who gathers her children around her, gathers individuals over itself, caresses them, feeds them, dresses them, gives them residence, gives them all their needs, keeps their corpses in its inside, dissolves them, and then causes their harmful effects to vanish.