And his saying “time” and not saying “time” or anything else indicates the existence of the meter, for he did not deviate from the letters in the meter by mentioning time, and he made the yā’ of the meter next to the zaī, and he reduced the zaī and its number in time to indicate that there is an assimilated letter in this zaī, so the first presence of time in the meter was for spiritual justice. And in the inner name of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, by saying, “I was a prophet and Adam was between water and clay.” Then he turned around after the end of the cycle of time, which is seventy-eight thousand years. Then another cycle of time began with the apparent name, and the body of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, appeared in it, and his law appeared by designation and definiteness, not by metaphor. And the ruling is connected to the Hereafter. God Almighty said, “And We will set the scales with justice for the Day of Resurrection.” And we were to