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  • And that it had become a ring surrounding the (whole) world. He was amazed at that immense creation (work of God).
  • He said, “Thou art the mountain (indeed): what are the others? for beside thy magnitude they are (but) playthings.”
  • It replied, “Those (other) mountains are my veins: they are not like unto me in beauty and glory.
  • I have a hidden vein in every land: (all) the regions of the world are fastened to my veins. 3715
  • When God wills an earthquake in any land, He bids me and I cause the vein to throb.
  • Then I make to move mightily the vein with which the (particular) land is connected.
  • When He says ‘Enough!’ my vein rests. I am (apparently) at rest, but actually I am in rapid motion”—
  • At rest, like the (medicinal) ointment, and very active (efficacious); at rest, like the intellect, while the speech (impelled) by it is moving.
  • In the opinion of him whose intelligence does not perceive this, earthquakes are caused by terrestrial vapours. 3720
  • An ant, walking on a piece of paper, saw the pen writing and began to praise the pen. Another ant, which was more keen-sighted, said, "Praise the fingers, for I deem this accomplishment to proceed from them." Another ant, more clear-sighted than either, said, "I praise the arm, for the fingers are a branch of the arm," et cetera.
  • A little ant saw a pen (writing) on a paper, and told this mystery to another ant,