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The Hidden Treasure
Nafas ar-Raḥmān
Kun fayakūn
The Pen and the Preserved Tablet
الخَلْقُ نَفَسٌ
Creation as breath
Chapter 2 · al-khalq nafas
“I was a hidden treasure, I loved to be known.”
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