In early Egyptian[8] and Mesopotamian thought, ‫ﭑ ﭒ ﭓ ﭔ ﭕ‬

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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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‫ﭖ ﭗ ﭘ ﭙ ﭚ‬
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[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
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Guide us to the straight path -

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‫ﭫ ﭬ ﭭ ﭮ ﭯ ﭰ ﭱ ﭲ ﭳ ﭴ‬
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The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked
[Your] anger or of those who are astray.
Watch lecture by Bayyinahthe world was portrayed as a disk floating in the ocean. A
similar model is found in the Homeric account from the 8th century BC in which
"Okeanos, the personified body of water surrounding the circular surface of the
Earth, is the begetter of all life and possibly of all gods."[9]