If only it were a Qurʾān1 whereby the mountains could be moved, or the earth could be toured,2 or the dead could be spoken to … .3 Rather all dispensation belongs to Allah. Have not the faithful yet realised that had Allah wished He would have guided mankind all together? The faithless will continue to be visited by catastrophes because of their doings —or they4 will land near their habitations— until Allah’s promise comes to pass. Indeed Allah does not break His promise.