And His saying: {Did We not destroy the former peoples? Then We followed them up with the later ones} 1 . And His saying: {To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth and whatever is between them and whatever is under the soil} 2 .
And the saying of the Almighty: {Their messengers said, "Is there doubt about Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth?"} 3 . And the saying of the Almighty: {And of His signs is that you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it water, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent} 4 .
[12] And from al-Mufaddal bin 'Umar—peace be from him—who said: "I was walking with the Master al-Sadiq—mighty is his might—in some of the streets of Medina, when suddenly there was a Bedouin slaughtering a sheep and saying: 'Glory be to Him who veiled Himself from His creation so that no eye sees Him!' al-Mufaddal said: 'So al-Sadiq—mighty is his might—rebuked him and said to him: "Stop! Allah has not veiled Himself from His creation; rather, it is His creation who, due to the darkness and turbidity within them, are veiled from Him. So if He wills, He makes Himself known to whomever He wills, as He wills."