angels and the globe on a bull, which is in need of support like the globe itself. Moreover, it is heard from the tongue of the Shari'a that each realm of being has a particular and appropriate angel appointed to it. Due to the relationship, the angel is called after the realm in question; indeed, in the angelic realm it represents it. It is heard as a Hadith: "Every evening the sun approaches the divine throne. There it prostrates and receives permission before returning." Yes, the angel appointed to the sun bears the sun's name and is it's similitude; it is the angel that goes and returns. Furthermore, according to the philosopher theologians, every realm and species of being has a transcendent nature which is living and articulate and brings assistance and aid to its members. In the terminology of the Shari'a they are called the Angel of the Seas, the Angel of the Mountains, and the Rain Angel. Nevertheless, they have no true effect; it is solely the Most Pure and Holy One who creates effects.

"No causer of effects exists other than God." The reason for external causes is so that the hand of power, the term for the display of grandeur and sovereignty, should not appear without veil to be in contact with lowly matters to those looking towards the sphere of causes (dâire-i esbâb). But in reality and in the inner dimensions of things (melekûtiyet), known as the sphere of belief (dâire-i akîde), everything is lofty; there it is in keeping with divine dignity that the hand of power should have contact without veil. "Such is the judgement and ordering of [Him] the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient"(6:96, etc.).

T h e  S e c o n d  M e a n i n g: Thawr (the Bull) is the ox, the main means of cultivating the earth and developing it. While Hût (the Fish) is the means of livelihood of people who live near the sea, indeed, for many of humankind. If someone asks: "What does the state rest on?" , he is told: "On the sword and the pen." Or if he asks: "What sustains civilisation?", he is told: "Education, industry, and commerce." Or if he asks: "How does humankind perpetuate itself?" , he is told: "With knowledge and labour." Similarly, and God knows best, the Glory of the World (UWBP) answered the way he did in reply to a similar question. The person who asked it, although it was not his business, did so because his mind had not