ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
Summa qabadnaahu ilainaa qabdany yaseeraa
Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp.
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Signs in creation
25:46Ayah 177
11 ayahs in Al-Furqaan are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.
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Then We retract it the extended shadow to Us by gentle retraction subtle retraction through the rising of the sun.
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I perceive as if I am looking at its brightness in his hand.
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was holding `Umar bin Al-Khattab by the hand.
It remained in his hand until he died, in the hand of 'Abu Bakr until he died, in the hand of 'Umar until he died, and in the hand of 'Uthman. When he was near a well, it fell down in it. He ordered to take it out, but it could not be found.
"this and this are the same,": meaning the little finger and the thumb.
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