VIII.
We have placed in heaven the twelve signs of the Zodiac, and adorned them for the beholders with the constellations;
And We have guarded them (by means of shooting stars) from every accursed devil,[38]
Excepting him who listeneth by stealth, whom a manifest shooting star pursueth.
We have also spread forth the earth, and thrown thereon firm mountains,[39] and We have caused to spring forth in it every kind [of green thing] weighed.[40]
And We have provided for you therein necessaries of life, and for him whom ye do not sustain;[41]
And there is not a thing but the storehouses thereof are with Us, and We send it not down save in determined quantities.
We also send the fertilizing winds,[42] and We send down water from heaven, and give you to drink thereof; and ye are not the storers of it.
And verily We give life and death, and We are the heirs of all the creation.
We also know those who have gone before you, and We know those who follow after [you].