his punishment will not be hastened, because he has declared the oneness of Allah, the Exalted. And this is by the oppressor saying: 'I am disassociated from the power and might of Allah, and I have resorted to my own power and might,' setting himself up for power and might out of arrogance apart from Allah and loftiness over Him."

[264] And he, His glory is might, said: "To Allah, the Exalted, in every moment there belong three armies: an army that descends from the loins into the wombs, an army that descends from the wombs onto the earth, and an army that departs from this world into the Hereafter."

[265] And 'Abdullah b. Salam said in a query: The Messenger of Allah, His glory is might, was asked: "How many times does Allah, the Exalted, look upon His creation during every day and night?" He replied: "To Allah, the Exalted, there belong three hundred and sixty-six glances upon His creation every day and night; with every glance He gives life and causes death, grants honor and abases, felicitates and renders miserable, enriches and impoverishes, elevates and lowers."