Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees. Peace until the rising of the dawn. surah 97:1-5 (Al Qadr) (Mohammed Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Quran, " predestination 1 Theol. the doctrine that a) God foreordained everything that would happen b) God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation 2 a predestinating or being predestined; destiny; fateangels 1 Theol. a) a messenger of God b) a supernatural being, either good or bad, to whom are attached greater than human power, intelligence, etc. 2 a guiding spirit or influence [one's good angel]Spirit 1 a) the life principle, esp. in man. orig. regarded as inherent in the breath or as infused by a deity b) soul 2 the thinking, motivating, feeling part of man, often as distinguished from the body; mind; intelligence 3 life, will, consciousness, thought, etc., regarded as separate from matter Descend 1 to move from a higher to a lower place, or go down 2 to pass from an earlier to a later time, from greater to less, from general to particular, etc. permission the act of permitting; esp. formal consent; leave; license [permission to go] decree(s) 1 an official order, edict, or decision, as of a church, government, court, etc. 2 something that is or seems to be foreordained dispensation Theol. a) the ordering of events under divine authority b) any religious system " Webster New World Dictionary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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