I repeat them through the variation of the years Upon them, so they do not recognize the years

How many a turn they have in punishment That recurs upon them, yet they do not comprehend

And he narrated to me also from Him, majestic is His mention, that He passed by a butcher who had slaughtered a sheep and he was marveling at its fatness and saying: "Glory be to He who veiled Himself from His creation, so no eye sees Him."

The Prince of the Believers said: "Who is that? Woe to you, O butcher!"

He said: "Allah, who veiled Himself with seven heavens and what is above that."

So He said to him: "Indeed, Allah veiled Himself from His creation by His creation, but the creation is in doubt concerning Him, and if a thing veiled Him, it would be greater than Him, and this is of what is not permissible that you make the essence of Allah veiled within a thing, and rather the deeds of creation veil them from Him,