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42 Letter to a Dear One all kinds of results in their own spheres and could increase their own and others knowledge considerably. Having compared and evaluated whatever they gained from here, they would present their recent findings to the existing knowledge and would come up with many useful principles and results. For example, some geologists go about in search of minerals or oil. They can make an approximation just by looking at the rocks and sand particles as to what sort of metal, mineral or gas is found at a particular spot. At times such rocks, sand particles, etc. , are at a distance of hundreds and thousands of miles and it is the estimation of the experts that there is a under-ground connection between the two and that there is an extensive series of rocks that we cannot observe. A Limitless Treasure Similarly, the Holy Qur’ ā n has an unlimited number of objectives and varieties. It is not a mere book, but a Living Word. Its treasures will always be unfolding. One who ‘looks’ at it carelessly will find no order in it. A person with an ordinary foresight will see some order in it and a person who has a deeper prudence will appreciate a significant order and an analyst and an observer will indeed find many worlds within the Qur’ ā n. They would discover new knowledge and new treasures at every step. As these objectives are being discovered, there is no question of any diminution; rather further and deeper significances are found. The experts certainly are appreciative of the fact that indeed if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, then these pens and ink would run out but the words of Allah would not be exhausted. This example is most suitable because this universe is an operation of Allah and the Qur’ ā n is His word, and not only is there no contradiction between the word and action of Allah, rather there is a deep connection, as indeed it should be. That is why the Qur’ ā n repeatedly mentions the creation of the heaven and the earth, the sun and the moon, their functions and the object of their creation. The Qur’ ā n emphasizes the study of these phenomena. They have been repeatedly presented as witnesses and proofs. At one point it says in the Holy Qur’ ā n, I e£GÁRÀ ö O ZGy I áMÃR ö O Z I Ü«G¾¥M‹OZ G y I kMeGGìOZGy I \G«G¿R± ö O Z I ÝM¾G‹ çI• R R wI~