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Asbab al-Nuzul
right to be esteemed...)”. 8 This means that Allah, exalted is He, is able to hold the earth and all that is in
it of created beings, trees and so as one of us is able to carry some things with his fingers. We have only
been addressed in our usual speech so that we can understand. Do you not see that Allah, exalted is He,
says (when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrecion…), i.e. it is His handful by means of
His power.
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Tabari, :26; Qurtubi, :278.
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