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  • Notwithstanding thy complete darkness, God was showing visions unto thee, that thou might’st wend the way of deliverance.
  • How Moses, on whom be peace, declared (by inspiration) from the Unseen the secret thoughts and visions of Pharaoh, in order that he might truly believe in the omniscience of God or (at least) hold that opinion.
  • From the dark iron (of thy nature) He, by His power, was showing forth the visions that should come to pass in the end,
  • In order that thou might’st lessen (refrain from) that injustice and wickedness: thou wert seeing those (visions) and becoming more wicked.
  • He was showing unto thee hideous forms in dream: thou wert shrinking back from them, and (in reality) they were thy (own) form;
  • Like the Ethiopian (negro) who saw in the mirror that his face was ugly, et in speculum cacavit, [Like the Ethiopian (negro) who saw in the mirror that his face was ugly, and defecated upon the mirror,] 2490
  • Saying, ‘How ugly thou art! Thou art deserving only of this.’ (The mirror replies), ‘My ugliness belongs to thee, O vile blind one.
  • Thou art putting this filth on thy ugly face: it is not on me, for I have splendour.’
  • At one time thou wert seeing (in vision) thy raiment burnt; at another time thy mouth and eyes stitched up;
  • Now a (rapacious) animal seeking thy blood; now thy head in the teeth of a wild beast;
  • Now (in thy dream thou wert) upside down in the midst of a latrine; now sunk in a fierce blood-dyed torrent; 2495