...e enjoined in the Koran, and allowed oaths (by certain natural objects, as clouds, signs of the Zodiac, oil, the winds, etc.), which we find adopted i... ... therein a burning lamp; And we send down water in abundance from the rain-clouds, That we may bring forth by it corn and herbs, And gardens thick wit... ...hions laid in order, And carpets spread forth. Can they not look up to the clouds, how they are created; And to the heaven how it is upraised; And to ... ...appear, and hath ordained the night for rest, and the sun and the moon for computing time! The ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise! And it is He who hat... ...ion will God provide for them! for verily, God! He, surely, is the best of providers! He will assuredly bring them in with an in-bringing that shall p...