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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

He created man from a drop of
sperm and yet he is an open chal-
lenger! And He created livestock.
There is warmth for you in them,
and various uses and some you eat.
And there is beauty in them [live-

stock] for you in the evening when
you bring them home and in the
morning when you drive them out to
graze.
They carry your loads to lands you
would never reach except with great
difficulty. Your Lord is All-Gentle,

Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nahl; 4-7)
It is He Who sends down water from
the sky. From it you drink and from
it come the shrubs among which you
graze your herds.

And by it He makes crops grow for
you and olives and dates and grapes
and fruit of every kind. There is cer-
tainly a Sign in that for people who
reflect.
He has made night and day sub-

servient to you, and the sun and

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