The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Qur’an: The Voice of God
~ 119 ~
then will it be appreciated for what it actually is.
This is not a mere figment of the imagination. It is
supported by basic psychology. For example, it may
be contended that the difference between cotton
wool and stone is merely relative, that, in fact, they
are the same thing, both in the last analysis being
accumulations of the same kind of electrons. But
this contention is purely academic. In the real
world, cotton cannot be thought of as anything but
soft, and stone as anything but hard. It is not
superficial or abstract definitions which determine
the impression one shall have of the matter at hand,
but the knowledge that one gains of it by direct,
personal experience.
