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Tau di h-e-Mar a m 34 ordinary humans, a Prophet’s eyes, however enlight- ened and blessed, also need sunlight or its substitutes in order to see. Nor can he hear without the medium of air. Hence the incontrovertible Quranic position that the enlightened souls of these heavenly bodies must also be exerting their influence, most of all on the spiritual sensibilities of Prophets. The fact is that the purity and perfection of this influ- ence is directly proportionate to the purity and perfection of the capacity to receive it. It is the estab- lished position of the Holy Qur’ a n that the material substance of each of the stars and planets has a soul of its own which may well be called its mind. These heavenly bodies, in respect of their physical form, have a number of characteristics which in turn influence each and every thing on earth according to their optimum capacity. Similarly, their spiritual selves also have characteristics of all kinds and categories which, as decreed by the All-Wise, also exert their influence on the inner side of terrestrial reality. The same spiritual entities, by assuming material form make their appear- ance to the perfect servants of God and become visible by assuming human shapes. Remember, what I have said is no rhetoric. It is a fact which the seekers after truth and wisdom must accept. Indeed are we not obliged to believe that this terrestrial universe is being shaped and moulded through the