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A human has six movements which run along his back bone
through his thighs in a straight line. He is brought to life
accidentally and this accidental being will die as a principle of
nature. His fingers and palm are distributed and his head is
round. He has nails and a particular style of walking; he is
capable of learning and writing; he is the inventor of fine arts;
he imitates animals but not imitated by them; he laughs and
weeps with sadness and he possesses a divine power and the
ability of civil management. He is an idol externally and a light
internally; his body is the idol and its content is his entity. He is
well planned; he knows what is harmful to him and what is
useful. He acts with an intention if he plans and he proceeds or
abstains spontaneously as well as with a purpose. He invents
fine arts as well as miraculous talismans. He comprehends the
various aspects of knowledge and excludes whatever is
tangible.
Allah made him a treasurer for His wisdom and an
expression of Himself as well as all of His creatures. He made
him accept His revelation and made him aware of His branches
of knowledge as well as what was revealed from Him. He is the
guidance for the larger world and its destiny. He is all-knowing
of every detail about His creation and its composition. He can
gather all scattered creatures, whereas they cannot do the same
to Him. He can make them subservient, but they cannot do the
same to Him. He is capable of uttering their words, drawing
their pictures with His hands, describing them with His tongue,
and He is also capable of foretelling their characteristics.
No animal can change itself or move away from its created
image, and it cannot imitate the voice of other animals. A
rooster cannot change its crowing, a dog its barking or a lion its
roaring. However, a man can change his voice and his manners
and he can act in any way he wants and he can administer
himself as well as others. He is characterized by a dense body
and an amiable spirit; one part is amiable and the other is dense;
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