Hadith 72

o move. The mountain prided and said, ‘I overcame the whale which have overcome the earth. So, who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the iron, and the mountain was cut with it, and there did not happen to be any defence with it nor a prevention. The iron prided and said, ‘I overcame the mountain which had overcome the whale. So, who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the fire, so it softened the iron and fragmented its parts, and there did not happen to be a defence with the iron nor a prevention. The fire prided and said, ‘I overcame the iron which had overcome the mountain. So who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the water, and it extinguished the fire, and there did not happen to be a defence with it nor a prevention. The water prided and said, ‘I overcame the fire which had overcome the iron. So, who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the wind and is dried up the water. The wind prided and said, ‘I overcame the water which had overcome the fire. So, who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the human being, and he changed the (direction) of the wind away from its flow by the construction. The human being prided and said, ‘I overcame the wind which had overcome the water, so who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the Angel of death, and he killed the human being. The Angel of death prided, and he said, ‘I overcame the human being who had overcome the wind. So who can overcome me? ’
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I-azwj am the Compeller, the Overcomer, the Provider. I-azwj Overcome you and I-azwj Overcome everything. So these are the Words of the Exalted: And to Him is Returned the matter, all of it [11: 123]’’. [78]
Note: The words notified by the Imam-asws (bull, whale) are names of scientific facts, and natural phenomena, and subtle forces which the minds fail to recognise, and know its contents, and to fathom these at the moment, and rather he-asws taught these in order to enable the listener to grasp it upon that simplification.