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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

said: 'Can God pre pare a ta ble in the wil der ness? Behold, He

smote the rock, that wa ters gush ed out, and streams over flowed;
can He give bread al so? Or will He pro vide flesh for His peo ple?'
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When the Lord heard them, He was very angry ... Because they
be lieved not in God, and trust ed not in His sal va tion. Yet He
com mand ed the clouds from above, and opened the doors of
heav en... He sent them all the food they could eat... He sent He
caused the east wind to set forth in heav en; and by His pow er He
brought on the south wind... He gave them their own de sire... For
all this they sinned still, and be lieved not in His won drous works.

Therefore He end ed their days as a breath, and their years in ter -
ror. When He killed them, then they would in quire aft er Him,
and turn back and seek God ear nest ly. And they re mem bered
that God was their help er, and the Most High God their re -
deem er. But they act ed ig no bly to wards Him with their mouth,
and lied to Him with their tongue. For their heart was not stead -
fast with Him, nei ther were they faith ful in His cov e nant. But He,

be ing full of com pas sion, for gave in iq ui ty, and did not de stroy
them... How of ten did they rebel against Him in the desert... They
re mem bered not His hand 29
nor the day when He re -
deemed them from the ad -
ver sa ry. How He set His
signs in Egypt and His

28. Allah is the One Who is exalted far
above rage. What is meant here is the
manifestation of Allah's attribute of al-
Muntaqim (the Avenger).
29. A description of Allah being the Pro-
tector by way of simile.

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